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Socio-Economic Characteristics and Knowledge Level of Mango Growers on Plant Protection Measures in Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra


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1 Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agri-Business Management, Loni (M.S.), India
2 ICAR-NIAP, New Delhi, India
3 Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agri-business Management, Loni (M.S.), India
4 Department of Agricultural Economics, B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India
     

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In research study conducted on mango growers in Kokan region of Maharashtra state with the major objectives of measuring the socio-economic characteristics and knowledge level of mango growers on plant protection measures. It was observed that the more than half (52.50 %) of the respondents were in middle age group, having (65.00 %) secondary to higher secondary level of education and medium size of land holding (61.66 %). More than half of the (57.50 %) of the respondents possessed 2 to 10.9 ha. of land under mango cultivation, medium size of family (54.16 %), having low to medium level of income (79.16 %) and medium level of experience in mango cultivation (77.50 %). Nearly three fourth (70.00 %) of the respondents had medium social participation, majority of respondents i.e. 71.66 per cent had medium level of mass media exposure, nearly two third (67.50 %) of the respondents had medium level risk orientation, majority of them had (84.16 %) good level of change proneness and majority of respondent had medium level of achievement motivation and economic motivation (64.16 % and 37.50 %), respectively. The majority of mango growers (65.83 %) had 'medium' level of knowledge about plant protective measures indicating need for training in this aspect of cultivation.

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Mango Growers, Plant Protection Measures, Knowledge Level.
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Authors

S. S. Gondkar
Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agri-Business Management, Loni (M.S.), India
Vister Joshi
ICAR-NIAP, New Delhi, India
Santosh Varpe
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agri-business Management, Loni (M.S.), India
Pooja Chaudhari
Department of Agricultural Economics, B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India

Abstract


In research study conducted on mango growers in Kokan region of Maharashtra state with the major objectives of measuring the socio-economic characteristics and knowledge level of mango growers on plant protection measures. It was observed that the more than half (52.50 %) of the respondents were in middle age group, having (65.00 %) secondary to higher secondary level of education and medium size of land holding (61.66 %). More than half of the (57.50 %) of the respondents possessed 2 to 10.9 ha. of land under mango cultivation, medium size of family (54.16 %), having low to medium level of income (79.16 %) and medium level of experience in mango cultivation (77.50 %). Nearly three fourth (70.00 %) of the respondents had medium social participation, majority of respondents i.e. 71.66 per cent had medium level of mass media exposure, nearly two third (67.50 %) of the respondents had medium level risk orientation, majority of them had (84.16 %) good level of change proneness and majority of respondent had medium level of achievement motivation and economic motivation (64.16 % and 37.50 %), respectively. The majority of mango growers (65.83 %) had 'medium' level of knowledge about plant protective measures indicating need for training in this aspect of cultivation.

Keywords


Mango Growers, Plant Protection Measures, Knowledge Level.

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