Laxmikant,1*Anuradha Ranjan Kumari2, Ravindra Kumar3 and Satendra Kumar4
1Krishi Vigyan Kendra (SVPUA&T) Rampur UP.
2Krishi Vigyan Kendra (ICAR-IIVR) Deoria UP.
3 KVK, Rampur
4 Department of Soil Science SVPUA&T, Meerut
Received-12.10.2016, Revised-25.10.2016
Abstract: The study was undertaken to access the knowledge gap of organic farming practices of farmers of Rampur district. Out of six blocks, three blocks selected purposively for this study. Four villages selected from each block thus, total twelve villages were selected randomly. From these villages five organic practicing farmers were selected by simple random techniques. Thus there were total sixty numbers of farmers were selected. The data were collected with the help of structured interview schedule. From this analysis data, it was concluded that majority (43.34%) of farmers had high knowledge level of organic farming practices. The wide knowledge gap are in the areas of organic farming practices like use of HaNPV (46.66%), use of trichocards (42.50%), use of bio pesticides (37.50%), use of bio fertilizers (34.16%), use of NADEP compost (31.66%) and use of mechanical cultivation (29.16%). The overall knowledge gap of farmers in organic farming practices were 31.95 percent.
Keywords: Knowledge gap, Organic farming practices, Farmers, Rampur district
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