Agriculture Update

Rajashekhar T. Basanayak ¹, S. M. Kale ², Sunil Chougala ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Gulbarga, Karnataka, IN
2 Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture (U.A.S.) Gulbarga, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

A study on the farmer's knowledge regardingpapaya cultivation practices was carried out in Gulbarga districts of Karnataka during 2013. A vast number of the papaya growers belonged to medium knowledge level category (51.33%), followed by high knowledge level (26.67%) and low knowledge level category (22.00%).A very high percentage of the papaya growers had correct knowledge about the cultivation practices like harvesting time (97.33%), planting time (96.67%) and soil type (95.33%), followed by practices like variety (93.33%), pit size (91.33%), irrigation in red soil (90.00%) and irrigation in black soil (87.33%). Majority of respondents had good knowledge about practices like pest and diseases (83.33%) filling material (83.33%) and spacing (48.67%).

Keywords

Knowledge of Papaya Cultivation, Papaya Growers, Plating Time

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Rajashekhar T. Basanayak ¹, S. M. Kale ², Sunil Chougala ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Gulbarga, Karnataka, IN
2 Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture (U.A.S.) Gulbarga, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

The present study on the technological gap in adoption of recommended practices of papaya cultivation was carried out in Gulbarga districts of Karnataka State during 2013. The study revealed that 41.33 per cent of the respondents belonged to medium technological gap category followed by 32.00 per cent and 26.67 respondents belonged to high and low technological gap categories, respectively. Higher technological gap was observed regarding control of diseases.

Keywords

Technological Gap, Papaya Cultivation

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