Indigenous technical knowledge used in paddy cultivation in Rajnandgaon District, Chhattisgarh

Abstract

The study was conducted in eight villages of Ambagarh Chowki and Dongargaon block of Rajnandgaon district. Rice is the main crop being cultivated. The paper describes the indigeneous technologies used by the farmers in paddy cultivation. For preventing the crop from insect/pest attack in the field and during the storage they apply their rich traditional knowledge. They find the indigenous knowledge very useful, therefore indigenous technical knowledge possessed by the farmers shall be identified and farmers shall be helped to understand and exchanged the cheaper, viable and reliable technologies in their areas.