Training Need of True Potato Seed (TPS) Growers of Tripura

The study was conducted in Khowai district to find out the training need of true potato seed (TPS) growers of Tripura. The TPS growers in the main areas of training need perceived that plant protection measures as their first and top most required training need indicating its percentage, i.e., 85.00 per cent followed by manures and fertilizer management (72.50 %) and seed treatment (67.50 %) which received 1st, 2nd and 3rd rank, respectively. It was also found that the perceived sub areas by respondents were awareness about use of various insecticide and pesticide as the top most relative need indicating 93.33 per cent with 1st rank followed by the identification of major insect pest and disease (91.67 %) and cause of spread (85.83 %) which received the 2nd and 3rd rank, respectively.