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P. L. Patel ¹, S. V. Supe ², M. S. Babar ²

Affiliations
1 College of Agriculture, Shahada,Nandurbar M.S.
2 College of Agriculture, Shahada,Nandurbar M.S., IN

Abstract

The present study was undertaken in Nandurbar district with the specific objectives to know the knowledge level of sugarcane grower regarding IPDM practices. It was observed that regarding practice wise knowledge level of IPDM most of respondents had good information about cultural operations followed by Mechanical practices. In distributional analysis it was concluded that majority of the respondents had medium level of knowledge of IPDM practices. In relational analysis it was observed that education , land holding, area under sugarcane , annual income , socio-economic status and sources of information were positively and significantly correlated with Knowledge level.

Keywords

Sugarcane, Integrated Pest And Disease Management, Knowledge, Cultural, Mechanical, Biological, Chemical

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P. L. Patel ¹, S. V. Supe ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Shahada, Nandurbar (M.S.), IN
2 Department of Extension Education, Post Graduate Institute, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, (M.S.), IN

Abstract

At present so many rural youth are students of open and distance education and are living in rural areas having different aspirations, habits and values of life. The development of personal, social, economical and spiritual aspects of these students are possible, only when their aspirations, habits and values of life are recognized early and guided properly. Therefore, in this study, aspirations regarding agri- enterpreneurship of the rural students were considered and conducted in open agriculture education centres located in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra which would be useful to the agencies involved in the development of them. The exploratory design was used and the data from 120 open agriculture education centres students were collected with the help of interview schedule. The findings emerged out of the present investigation was that the half of the respondents had high level of aspiration about agri-entrepreneurship and it has been revealed that majority of the respondents were aspired as “Yes” with the statements that, to start own agribusiness.

Keywords

Distance Education, Aspiration, Agriculture, Agri–Entrepreneurship.

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P. L. Patel ¹, S. V. Supe ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agriculture Extension, College of Agriculture, Shahada, Nandurbar (M.S.), IN
2 Department of Agriculture Extension, Post Graduate Institute, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola (M.S.), IN

Abstract

The present study was undertaken in Nandurbar district with the specific objectives to know the adoption behaviour of sugarcane grower regarding IPDM practices. It was observed that regarding practice wise adoption of IPDM, most of respondents followed cultural operations followed by mechanical practices. In distributional analysis, it was concluded that majority of the respondents (60 per cent) had medium level of adoption of IPDM practices. In relational analysis it was observed that education , land holding, area under sugarcane, annual income, socio-economic status and sources of information were positively and significantly correlated with adoption level.

Keywords

Sugarcane, Integrated Pest and Disease Management, Adoption, Cultural, Mechanical, Biological, Chemical Management.

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