Organic Farming Practices Followed by the Cotton Growers in Dhule District

Cotton is the most important commercial crop playing key role in economic and social affairs of the world. It is backbone of our textile industry. The characteristics of education, land holding, annual income, socio-economic status, social participation, extension contact and sources of information did have highly significant and positive relationship with knowledge. Similarly, education, land holding, annual income, social participation and extension contact had highly significant and positive relationship with adoption of organic farming practices. The systematic efforts on the part of extension agency are required to promote the technical knowledge of organic cotton growers about the critical important practices. This can best be done by arranging demonstrations, seminars, field tours etc. on different aspects of organic farming.