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Adoption Behaviour of Sugarcane Growers Regarding Integrated Pest and Disease Management Practices in Nandurbar District


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1 Department of Agriculture Extension, College of Agriculture, Shahada, Nandurbar (M.S.), India
2 Department of Agriculture Extension, Post Graduate Institute, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola (M.S.), India
     

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The present study was undertaken in Nandurbar district with the specific objectives to know the adoption behaviour of sugarcane grower regarding IPDM practices. It was observed that regarding practice wise adoption of IPDM, most of respondents followed cultural operations followed by mechanical practices. In distributional analysis, it was concluded that majority of the respondents (60 per cent) had medium level of adoption of IPDM practices. In relational analysis it was observed that education , land holding, area under sugarcane, annual income, socio-economic status and sources of information were positively and significantly correlated with adoption level.

Keywords

Sugarcane, Integrated Pest and Disease Management, Adoption, Cultural, Mechanical, Biological, Chemical Management.
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P. L. Patel
Department of Agriculture Extension, College of Agriculture, Shahada, Nandurbar (M.S.), India
S. V. Supe
Department of Agriculture Extension, Post Graduate Institute, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola (M.S.), India

Abstract


The present study was undertaken in Nandurbar district with the specific objectives to know the adoption behaviour of sugarcane grower regarding IPDM practices. It was observed that regarding practice wise adoption of IPDM, most of respondents followed cultural operations followed by mechanical practices. In distributional analysis, it was concluded that majority of the respondents (60 per cent) had medium level of adoption of IPDM practices. In relational analysis it was observed that education , land holding, area under sugarcane, annual income, socio-economic status and sources of information were positively and significantly correlated with adoption level.

Keywords


Sugarcane, Integrated Pest and Disease Management, Adoption, Cultural, Mechanical, Biological, Chemical Management.