Gain in knowledge after Watching Video Film of Soil Sampling

Abstract

Soil is one of the element required for farming as it provides nutrients to the plant. Healthy soil contain all the elements for growth and development of crop. Therefore, Soil sampling is one of the most important aspect in the determination of the properties of the soil. or the soil deprived from one or more nutrient either reduce the production or degraded quality of crops. Therefore, proportion and quantity of macro and micro nutrients altogether refer to the soil health. As far as agriculture production is concerned, soil health plays vital role in ensuring sustainable production with optimizing the utilization of fertilizer and reducing its waste. Soil sampling involves the analysis of a soil sample (from the area which is landscaped) to determine the nutrient content and composition of the soil. It allows the farmer to determine accurately which crop would yield the best growth in that particular soil. The survey of 100 respondents was taken and are selected randomly from all the three villages for the research and questionnaire was framed having the questions regarding the soil sampling and data was collected through the interview schedule or interaction of the respondents.Purposive as well as the random sampling procedure were followed in providing the knowledge regarding the soil sampling. Then the data have been tabulated and analyzed with the objective to assess the knowledge gain by the shows that there is 49.6% more gain in the knowledge of the farmers regarding the soil sampling which leads a way in retaining the fertility of the soil. Hence, Soil sampling is considered as beneficial for sustaining soil health, lowering the input cost and improving the farm production. As there is an increase in awareness in the farmers regarding the soil sampling by showing them the awareness video; then animated videos and advertisement can play a major role in influencing the farmers regarding the need of soil sampling