Adoption of Indigenous Plant Protection Practices for Sustainable Environment

An attempt was made to study the extent of adoption of indigenous agricultural practices in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu state in India. Three hundred respondents were selected based on ‘population proportionate to size’ sampling method. A well structured and pre-tested interview schedule was administered for the collection of relevant data. The results revealed that a number of indigenous agricultural practices in the study area were adopted by more than 50.00 per cent of the respondents. Most of the indigenous agricultural practices on land preparation, seeds and sowing, plant protection, harvest and post-harvest aspects were adopted by more than 40.00 per cent of the respondents in the study area.