Influence of campaigning on knowledge level improvement of mango growers of konkan towards mango blossom protection

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to study the impact of campaigning on knowledge and attitude of mango growers of Deogad Tahsil in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. The campaigning were organized during the mango cropping season of year 2016-17. Before campaigning, the highest score (72.25) was recorded in knowing the nature of damage of the pest or diseases and the lowest score (35.00) was in crop protection aspect. The overall gain in knowledge was 84.54 per cent which appears to be a very good outcome of campaigning. The increase in mean knowledge score was observed significantly higher as the computed value of‘t’ (12.48) was statistically significant at 5% probability level.