Technological Gap in Tomato Cultivation

The research was conducted in two district of Western Maharashtra. The personal interviewing method used for data collection. The major objective of the research was to study extent of technological gap between recommended and actually adopted tomato technologies by the tomato growers from Western Maharashtra. Relationship between selected personal, social, economic, situational, communication and psychological characteristics of the tomato growers and their extent of overall technological gap was also observed. The present study revealed high technology gap in use of growth regulators, irrigation and nutrient management and plant protection so, it is suggested to organise result demonstration and field visits for minimizing technological gap by State Agricultural Department. It was observed that technological gap was decreasing with increasing education, farming experience, social participation, socio-economic status, size of land holding, area under tomato, annual income, annual income from tomato, cropping intensity, cosmopoliteness, knowledge, scientific orientation, economic motivation and marketing behaviour all these factors should be taken into consideration while disseminating tomato technology.