Knowledge and Adoption of Plant Protection Measures among Chilli Growers

Abstract

The present study was conducted mainly with the objective to study knowledge and adoption of plant protection measures of the chilli by the grower. For the study, Latur district was selected purposely as from Marathwada region. Three talukas viz., Nilanga, Latur and Ahmadpur were selected from district purposely and four villages from each talukas were selected purposely on the basis area and production. Thus constituting the total sample size 120 respondents. Ex-post Facto research design was used for the study. The present study was conducted mainly with the objective to study knowledge and adoption of plant protection measures of the chilli by the grower. For the study, Latur district was selected purposely as from Marathwada region. Three talukas viz., Nilanga, Latur and Ahmadpur were selected from district purposely and four villages from each talukas were selected purposely on the basis area and production. Thus constituting the total sample size 120 respondents. Ex-post Facto research design was used for the study. It was observed that most of the chilli growers 53.33 per cent had adopted the plant protection measures to the medium extent while, 25.83 per cent and 20.84 per cent of them had adopted plant protection measures to high and low extent, respectively.