Correlation of Gap in Adoption of Improved Vegetable Production Technologies

The vegetables are the most important to the human diet for better health, because they possess high nutritive value and are rich source of carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals. This study was conducted to find out the gap in adoption of new practices in vegetable production technologies and to ascertain the correlates of gap in adoption. The study was conducted in ten villages of one block in district Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. The sample for the study was 600 (large, small and marginal fanners) comprising 200 farmers from each category. The study concluded that there was high gap in adoption of improved vegetable production practices among all the categories of farmers. Difference in gap was also observed from practice to practice and among various categories of farmers. Out of 14 characteristics of vegetable growers, except age all were found significantly and negatively associated with gap in adoption among all categories of farmers.