Effectiveness of national mission on oilseeds and oil palm on knowledge level of recommended interventions of groundnut crop

Abstract

The study was conducted in Sri Dungargarh and Bikaner panchayat samities of Bikaner district of Rajasthan. Two villages were selected from each selected panchayat samiti and 20 beneficiary and the equal number of non-beneficiary respondents were selected randomly from each selected village for the study. The findings revealed that the majority of (56.25%) beneficiary (63.75%) non-beneficiary groundnut growers had medium level of knowledge category whereas 27.50 percent beneficiary 15.00 percent non-beneficiary possessed high level of knowledge group. It was found that there was a significant difference in the level of knowledge between the beneficiary and non-beneficiary respondents about recommended groundnut interventions.