Technological gap in recommended sesame production technology perceived by farmers of Jabalpur District

Abstract

A study on technological gap in Sihora block of Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh was conducted in 2016 under ex-post facto research design. A sample of hundred sesame growers representing ten villages of Sihora block was drawn by using three stage sampling technique. The study revealed that 72% of sesame growers belonged to medium technological gap category. The major contributors in technological gap of sesame production technology were fertilizer management, weed management and plant protection management. The exception was in the technology of harvesting. Thus, it is suggested in general that sesame cultivators from Madhya Pradesh should adopt almost all the recommended technologies to harvest the free benefit of these technologies for having maximum production and therefore, overall farm returns in general