A study on knowledge level of plant protection measures by the paddy and cotton growers in Karimnagar district of Telangana state

Abstract

The study was conducted in Karim nagar district of Telangana State during 2018-19 to Study farmers Knowledge and Adoption of Plant Protection Measures by The Paddy and Cotton growers. Sixty each paddy and cotton growers were selected by using simple random technique. Thus, making a total sample size of 120. The data was collected through personal interview method and analysed by using appropriate statistical tools. The findings revealed that, 45.00 per cent of the paddy growers come under medium knowledge category followed by high (30.00%) and low (25.00%) categories. Further, 30.00 percent of the cotton growers had medium knowledge. Whereas, equal percentage (35.00%) of respondents come under high and low knowledge categories.