Knowledge Level Of Farmers Research Articles

Assessment of Farmers Knowledge Level on Turmeric Cultivation Practices

Turmeric (Curcuma longa), one of the oldest known medicinal plants, has been used for centuries due to its significant health benefits. Curcumin, the primary bioactive compound found in turmeric, belongs to the Zingiberaceae family and is well-documented for its antibacterial, antifungal, renal, and hepatoprotective properties. This study was conducted in the Kodumudi block of Erode District, Tamil Nadu, due to its extensive turmeric cultivation. A sample of 120 farmers was selected to assess their knowledge of recommended turmeric cultivation technologies. The results indicated that the turmeric growers possessed a medium level of knowledge regarding the recommended practices for turmeric cultivation. The research employed an analytical approach to assess farmers' understanding of key practices including main field preparation, planting techniques, nutrient management, and pest and disease control. The findings reveal that while growers displayed strong knowledge in areas such as seasonal practices, irrigation, and spacing, there were significant gaps in their understanding of rhizome treatment, micronutrient application, and pest management. Specifically, knowledge about managing pests such as rhizome scales, leaf rollers, and shoot and root borers was notably lacking. The study highlights the need for targeted training and educational programs to address these gaps, particularly in pest identification and control measures. By enhancing farmers' knowledge in these critical areas, the study aims to improve turmeric cultivation practices and contribute to the sustainability of turmeric farming in Erode District.

To assess knowledge level of farmers regarding improved cotton cultivation practices

to assess knowledge level of farmers regarding improved cotton cultivation practices

Construction and Standardization of Knowledge Test to Measure the Knowledge Level of Farmers on Rice Crop Cultivation

A study was designed to develop a standardized test to measure the knowledge of rice farmers. Pertinent items covering every aspect of rice cultivation were collected with the help of subject matter specialists, progressive farmers, and scientists along with related literature. After getting experts opinion, items were subjected to difficulty index, discrimination index, correlation, reliability and validity. Items with 20-80 of difficulty level, items with 0.20-0.80 discrimination index and significant either at 1 percent or 5 percent level point in biserial correlation were selected and admitted to rice to measure knowledge level on rice cultivation. A total of 47 items were included in the final knowledge test to measure the knowledge level of farmers in rice cultivation.

To Assess the Knowledge Level of Farmers on ICT Interventions in Agri-Allied Enterprises

Agriculture is a major part of our economy and the related industries that support it are essential to giving farmers more advantages. Modern agriculture depends on timely and reliable information regarding market access, weather forecasting, and agricultural inputs, among other things. But farmers do not receive adequate information about the market, weather forecasts, etc. because of a lack of physical infrastructure, awareness, and information. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is an effective way for develop and raise the agriculture standard. The main objective of this study was to access the knowledge level of ICTs among farmers for getting different Agriculture Information. There in regards, extensive use of information technologies must be promoted to farm level for transfer of technologies. The study was conducted during the year 2019 to assess the attitude of farmers towards information and communication technology tools in two blocks i.e., Balianta and Balipatna of Khurda district of Odisha. Pre-structured interview schedule was used for data collection from the farmers and appropriate statistical tools were used to analyse the collected data. Proportionate random sampling was used in the selection of one hundred and twenty (120) farmers as the sample of the study. The outcomes confirmed that majority of the respondents had good knowledge on television with a mean score of 2.83. Majority of the respondents had awareness on advisory services from Kisan Call Centre and ama krushi with mean score of 2.83. It was observed that majority of the respondents had learned new skill from ICT interventions with a mean score of 2.83 and knowledge gap of 5.57%. majority of the respondents had full information on weather i.e. cyclone with mean score of 3. Majority of the respondents had full information on disease management practices of crop with mean score of 3. Majority of the respondents had good information on MSP with mean score of 2.67, followed by regulated market and unregulated market and local market mandis with mean score of 2.17 and lowest on market incentives. Majority of the respondents had good information on calf, milch and pregnant animal with a mean score of 2.53 and lowest with heifer and bull and bullocks with mean score of 2. Majority of the respondents had good information on breeds, proper feed, different diseases of the animals and veterinary clinic located nearby with mean score of 2.21 and lowest with the vaccination schedule of the animals with mean score of 2.17. There is maximum knowledge gap on Community Radio, tablet and laptop that can be minimized through skill-oriented training programmes, various successful case studies may also be cited to the respondents for motivation and adoption.

A study on knowledge level of farmers regarding cultivation practices of areca nut in Chikmagalur district

A study on knowledge level of farmers regarding cultivation practices of areca nut in Chikmagalur district

CONSTRUCTION OF TEST AND MEASUREMENT OF KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF CLUSTER FRONTLINE DEMONSTRATIONS PULSE FARMERS

A study was conducted during March 2021-22 in Central Telangana Zone, India to measure the knowledge level of CFLD-farmers on pulses by constructing a Knowledge Test battery on CFLD-Pulses. Relevant items were collected from review of literature, publications and discussion with scientists of related fields. For relevancy test, 30 items were sent to 50 experts for their judgement. Based on experts’ judgement, 25 items were selected for item analysis and administrated to 30 non sample farmers. Item analysis was done by item difficulty index, item discrimination index and point biserial correlation and 22 items were finalized for knowledge test. Reliability (Test-retest method) and validity (point biserial correlation) were estimated for standardization of the test and found to be highly significant. The test was finally administered to 160 respondents (100 beneficiary and 60 non-beneficiary farmers) of CFLD programme conducted by KVK Wyra and KVK Malyal belonging to Khammam and Mahabubabad Districts of Telangana state respectively (50 beneficiary and 30 non-beneficiaries from each KVK). Majority of the CFLD-beneficiaries (59%) and (50%) of non-beneficiaries were in medium category followed by 28% beneficiary and 13% non-beneficiary farmers under high knowledge category. The item analysis indicated significant differences in knowledge level of farmers pertaining to Non-insecticidal methods of pest management, stage at which field day is conducted, wilt tolerant variety of red gram, recommended improved varieties of pulses for kharif and rabi.

Evaluation of Knowledge Level of Farmers on Package of Practices for Composite Fish Culture in Papum Pare District of Arunachal Pradesh, India

An investigation on impact of training and demonstration programme on composite fish culture (CFC), for farmers of Papum Pare district Arunachal Pradesh, were undertaken to ascertain technical knowhow on standard package of practices for successful CFC with six parameters viz, 1. Fish species selection, 2. Fish species ratio combination, 3. Fish seed stocking stages (fry and fingerling) 4. Fry/fingerling treatment (NaCl), 5. Fish stocking density, 6. Pre and post-stocking management. Six villages were selected namely: Mani, Midpu, Chiputa, Balapu, Emchi and Upper Jumi.; 30 fish farmers from each village comprising 180 farmers were part of investigation. As per the baseline survey in the beginning on average 80% of farmers had a low level of knowledge about fish species selection followed by 12% medium and 8 % high. 82% had a low level of knowledge about, fish species ratio combination, 10% medium and only 8% had high knowledge on CFC. 81% had a low level of knowledge on fish seed stocking stages (fry and fingerling) followed by 10% and 9% respectively for medium and high. 91% had a low level of knowledge on fry/fingerling treatment (NaCl), followed by 6% medium and 3% high. 78% had low knowledge on fish stocking density followed by 13% and 9% for medium and high. 86% had low knowledge on pre- and post stocking management followed by 8% and 6% for medium and high respectively. After imparting training and Front line demonstration (FLD) programme at farmers door step on successive year, knowledge on fish species selection for low medium and high was 9%, 11% and 80 % respectively. 20%, 41% and 39% for low, medium and high on fish species ratio combination, 9%, 13% and 78% on fish seed stocking stages. 16%, 36% and 48% for low, medium and high knowledge on fry/fingerling treatment (NaCl), 11%, 19% and 70 % for low, medium and high knowledge on fish stocking density and 15%, 21% and 64% for low, medium and high knowledge on Pre and post-stocking management. Average fish production increase from 0.78 tone/ha/yr to 1.54 tone/ha/yr (97.4% increase) after imparting training and demonstration, which implies training and demonstration on CFC has significant impact on increase fish production per hectare of pond, through the power of knowledge gained by farmers on technical knowhow on CFC.

Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior of Farmers Towards Restoration of Degraded Land; the Cases of Harbo and Adea districts in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Land restoration is one of Ethiopia's top priorities for aligning development efforts with a climate-resilient green economy. In Ethiopia, initiatives to rehabilitate degraded land are generally evaluated in terms of the local people's economic and environmental impacts. Farmers' knowledge, attitudes, and actions toward land restoration, on the other hand, have to be taken into consideration for long-term natural resource conservation. As a consequence, this study examines the relationships between farmers' knowledge, attitude, and contributions to behavioral change in the restoration of degraded land. Data were collected from 120 farmers who participated in the restoration of degraded land. Structural equation models and mediation analyses were utilized for path analysis. The findings indicated that farmers had a good understanding of land restoration techniques. Analysis of the causal models revealed that farmers' attitude toward land restoration is highly influenced by their knowledge level of farmers. The outcome also revealed that positive attitudes of farmers resulted in behavioral change towards land restoration. Effective local community participation in the land restoration process and strengthening of their knowledge and attitudes that influence their behavior should be the cornerstones of sustainable land restoration.

Study on Knowledge Level of Farmers towards Climate Change on Crop Production at Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India

Climate change is one of the most serious ecological problems, and it has a wide-scale effect on agricultural productivity all over the globe. In general, farmers know little about climate change, and their understanding of its impacts on agriculture is poor. Additionally, farmers play the most important role in supporting the economy. This research was conducted to understand farmers' knowledge about climate change. Check the level of knowledge they have. The present study, ‘knowledge level of farmers towards climate change on crop production’ was conducted in 2023. A total of 120 participants were selected from eight different villages’ two tehsils, Vallabhnagar and Mavli. The research revealed that farmers' knowledge about climate change was ascertained at medium level and the independent variables namely age, caste, education, family type, house, sources of knowledge and economic motivation were positively and significantly correlated with knowledge level of the farmers about climate change.

Patterns of Insecticide Use and Farmers' Knowledge Level in Managing <i>Leucinodes orbonalis</i> Guenee in Tamil Nadu

A study was conducted to record the pattern of insecticide usage and knowledge level of farmers in handling insecticides to control shoot and fruit borer Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee from major brinjal growing districts of Tamil Nadu during 2022 -2023. This study found that, 22 different insecticides were imposed for the management of Leucinodes orbonalis and among them chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC (83.00%) was recorded as the highest usage insecticide followed by spinetoram 11.7% SC (72.00%). The number of insecticide applications among various districts varied from 9.9 to 24.7 per cropping season at an interval ranging 4.9 to 12.3 days. The major source of information regarding pesticides to the farmers were pesticide dealers (65.00%) and about 98.00% of the farmers did not pay attention towards label on pesticide containers. Only around 40.00% of farmers followed recommended dose and nearly 60.00% did not follow any safety measures while spraying. Study inferred that, more than 84.00% brinjal growing farmers completely relay on pesticides for the management of Leucinodes orbonalis in brinjal.

Knowledge level of farmers of Dharwad district towards farm waste management

Farm waste is a serious economic, environmental and social problem. There is a need to analyze different types of waste produced in production, processing and management practices for better utilization of agricultural waste materials. Farm waste management helps framers to reduce cost on fertilizers and increasing yield of crops. Farm waste conversion reduces waste flow into air, water and reduces greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide. An exploratory research design was used to know the knowledge level of farmers towards management of farm waste in the selected talukas of Dharwad district. From Dharwad district Dharwad and Kundgol taluka were selected. In total 120 farmers were selected through purposive random sampling technique. The data was analyzed by using suitable statistical tools. The results revealed that majority (90.00%) of the farmers in both Dharwad & Kundgol taluka had fully aware that farm waste includes crop waste, domestic waste and livestock waste followed by more than 75 per cent of the farmers were fully aware about utilizing farm waste and that will increase their crop yield. About 80 per cent of the farmers were aware that the farm waste can be used for production of different products. While very few of the farmers (37.00%) fell in low knowledge category. It could be concluded that, all the crop wastes are placed in the right time and right place for best utilization in order to convert into useful products and control of pollution by proper waste management

Knowledge Level of Farmers on Utilization of Biofertilizers in Annamayya District of Andhra Pradesh

Indian agriculture has changed since the green revolution era. The major thrust of the green revolution is to ensure maximizing food grain production through a package of practices, ensuring assured irrigation and applying higher doses of chemical fertilizers to tap the potential of high-yielding varieties. Biofertilizers are safer for soil health as well as for the ecosystem. Biofertilizers are defined as preparations containing living cells or latent cells of efficient strains of microorganisms that help crop plants uptake nutrients by their interactions in the rhizosphere when applied through seed or soil. Thus, the present study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge level of farmers on utilizing biofertilizers in Annamayya district of Andhra Pradesh. A total of 60 farmers were purposively selected for the study. Ex-post-facto research design was followed. Data were collected with the help of an interview schedule, and the collected data were analyzed with the help of statistical measures like frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results of the study revealed that 88.33 of respondents were using biofertilizers without mixing with chemical fertilizers, 80.00 of respondents have knowledge on the expiry date of powder form of biofertilizers, regarding source of availability, 66.66 reported that they avail biofertilizers from research stations, 61.66 per cent of respondents have knowledge on Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB) among the type of biofertilizers used. The major constraints faced by the respondents in utilizing the biofertilizers were Lack of separate marketing facilities for crops produced using biofertilizers (71.66%) and Non-availability of biofertilizers locally at times when needed (66.67%) and suggestions were Provision of better marketing facilities for crops produced using biofertilizers (86.66%) and Biofertilizers should be available in time at local level (76.66%).

Farmers’ Knowledge on Agricultural Irrigation Programs: The Case of Altınekin District of Konya Province

Climate change-induced droughts have various negative impacts on different sectors, especially on agricultural sector. Altınekin District, where the research was conducted, has the lowest precipitation in Konya Province, therefore is expected to be most affected by drought. For sustainable use of water resources, each stage of agricultural production should be carried out within the framework of a specific program. With this study, knowledge level of farmers engaged in irrigated agriculture in Altınekin district regarding irrigation and irrigation programs they applied were determined through a face-to-face survey. Present findings revealed that 38.7% of the participant farmers are aged 50 years and over and a large proportion of them (54.7%) are primary school graduates. Participant farmers were all (100%) using groundwater resources in agricultural production and 88% of them stated that they did not receive any training on irrigation. While 32% of the farmers participating in the survey stated that they had knowledge about the concept of irrigation program, 68% reported that they did not have any knowledge. Incorrect and improper practices regarding efficient use of irrigation water in the region, especially regarding the irrigation program, were identified and solutions were proposed for these problems.

Understanding the Knowledge Level of Farmers towards Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies in Agro-climatic Zones of Tamil Nadu, India

Aims: Although farmers experience various technical, technological, production, labor-related and marketing constraints to carry out agricultural activities, climate change acts as the root cause of several other constraints. Climate change consequences drastically reduce agricultural yield by affecting critical changes of crop growth and questions food and nutritional security; additionally it also imposes economic loss to the country. Hence, to ensure food and nutritional security for the growing population and to ensure sustainable income for the farming community, a farmer has to tackle the consequences of climate change by adoption of CSA technologies Farmer’s knowledge level towards any technology, determine its rate of adoption. Hence, this study aims to assess the knowledge level of farmers towards CSA technologies in Agro-climatic zones of Tamil Nadu.
 Study design: Ex-post facto research design was employed in the study.
 Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in seven agro-climatic zones of Tamil Nadu viz., Villupuram district of North Eastern Zone, Namakkal district of North Western Zone, Coimbatore district of Western Zone, Tiruvarur district of Cauvery Delta Zone, Ramanthapuram district of Southern Zone, Kanyakumari district of High Rainfall Zone and the Nilgiris district of the Hilly Zone of Tamil Nadu during 2022-2023.
 Methodology: From each of Agro-climatic zones of Tamil Nadu, the vulnerable districts or the districts with NICRA project have been identified and the CSA technologies adopted by the farmers were documented. Thirty farmers who adopts CSA technologies from each agro-climatic zone were selected and interviewed personally to assess their knowledge level towards those technologies in a five point continuum ranging from ‘No knowledge’ (1), ‘Minimal knowledge’ (2), ‘Basic knowledge’ (3), ‘Adequate knowledge’ (4) and ‘Superior knowledge’ (5) respectively. The gathered responses were subjected to percentage analysis.
 Findings: The findings revealed that Villupuram, Coimbatore and Tiruvarur farmers had superior knowledge on precision based nutrient management, Namakkal farmers had superior knowledge on use of additives and supplements in livestock feed, Ramanathapuram farmers had superior knowledge on utilization of weather based agro-advisory services, Kanyakumari farmers had superior knowledge on adoption of moisture conservation practices and Nilgiris farmers had superior knowledge on adoption of improved seed varieties and use of biofertilizers.
 Conclusion: Villupuram, Coimbatore and Tiruvarur farmers had superior knowledge on precision based nutrient management; Namakkal farmers had superior knowledge on use of additives and supplements in livestock feed; Ramanathapuram farmers had superior knowledge on utilization of weather based agro-advisory services; Kanyakumari farmers had superior knowledge on adoption of moisture conservation practices and, The Nilgiris farmers had superior knowledge on adoption of improved seed varieties and use of biofertilizers. Thus, it can be concluded that farmers had superior knowledge on CSA technologies based on their perceived climatic change consequences and their accessibility to location specific technologies.

Urban and Peri-urban Dairy Production System in Semi-arid Region of Uttar Pradesh

Urban and peri-urban area are dairy intensive area which provides milk and milk products to the urban areas and thus help to generates regular income to these farmers. With rise in the urbanization the demands of milk and milk products is rising and farmers should be prepared the accelerating demands. The production of dairy animal is mostly influenced by feeding, management, health care and management practices with a clear understanding about scientific knowledge. Therefore, the efforts are made to assess the knowledge level of farmers and the factors affecting the dairy production in urban and peri-urban areas. This study was conducted purposively to assessing the Urban and Peri-urban Dairy production system in semi-arid region of Uttar Pradesh. The information on Urban and Peri-urban Dairy production system was collected using structured interview schedule from 120 households rearing cattle and buffalo from urban and peri-urban area. The results showed that majority of the respondents were having high dairy farming experience and buffalo was the preferred animal rather than cow. Majority of the farmers timely fed colostrum to newly born calves (97.50%) but the practice of feeding mineral mixture to animals is still the matter of concern. Majority of farmers were relying on natural service for breeding their bovines. Majority of farmers cleaned shed at regular interval to avoid infection and majority of them vaccinate their animals against one or the other diseases.

Knowledge of Vegetable Farmers on Marketing Strategies as an Outcome of Market-Oriented Extension Initiatives in Thrissur District, Kerala

The study intended to assess the knowledge of vegetable farmers on marketing strategies as an outcome of the three-flagship market-oriented programs, namely, Ecoshops, Weekly Markets, and Karshakamithra, implemented by the Department of Agriculture Development and Farmers’ Welfare in Thrissur District, Kerala. The sample consisted of 120 vegetable farmers involved in these programs and were randomly selected from ten panchayats drawn randomly from four blocks in the district. The knowledge level of farmers was measured using a customized knowledge test. Based on the data analysis, it was found that the market-oriented extension programmes of the department were only partially successful in imparting knowledge on marketing strategies. More than half of the farmers were found to possess a medium level of knowledge on marketing strategies of vegetables. This would necessitate awareness creation and capacity building for individual farmers as well their collectives in the domain of marketing. Market-oriented programs of the Department of Agriculture Development and Farmers’ Welfare should be reoriented with more components of marketing

Impact of ATMA training programmes in Animal Husbandry sectors on the knowledge level of farmers in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar

Impact of ATMA training programmes in Animal Husbandry sectors on the knowledge level of farmers in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar

Analysis of the Factors Affecting the Climate Change Knowledge Level of Farmers in Sheep Enterprises

Analysis of the Factors Affecting the Climate Change Knowledge Level of Farmers in Sheep Enterprises

KNOWLEDGE OF FARMERS REGARDING PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA YOJANA

The present investigation was conducted to known knowledge level of farmers regarding Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). The study was conducted in North Gujarat. From North Gujarat, three districts and from each selected district three talukas were purposively selected. Five villages from each taluka and from each village eight crop insured farmers were selected randomly. Multistage sampling method was followed for selection of the crop insured farmers. Thus, total 360 crops insured farmers were selected as sample size. The data were collected through personal interview and it was compiled, tabulated and analyzed to get proper answer with the help of various appropriate statistical tools. From the result of the study it can be concluded that 58.89 per cent of crop insured farmers had high to very high level of knowledge regarding PMFBY. Age, education, land holding, annual income, economic motivation, decision making ability, social participation, source of information and extension participation were highly significantly related with level of knowledge level of farmers towards PMFBY.

Knowledge level of sunflower farmers under public andprivate extension systems

A test was constructed to measure the farmers’ knowledge level on sunflower cultivation and administrated to 183 and 167 farmers under public and private extension systems, respectively. The farmers were selected from Chikballapur, Kadapa, Nizamabad and Raigarh districts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Chhattisgarh states. The item analysis indicated significant differences in knowledge level of farmers on best season to grow sunflower crop, most suitable period of sowing sunflower crop during Rabi, suitable sunflower hybrids, application of fertilizers and bee keeping increases yield in sunflower under public and private extension systems.