Improved cotton production practices by farmers in Haryana: Knowledge and adoption status

Abstract

One of the most important commercial and fiber crops in the world is cotton. It provides around 60% of the raw materials required by Indian textile mills and significantly adds to the community of cotton farmers in to support their way of life. The present study was accompanied in Jind district of Haryana state in 2022 and the derived data of 120 farmers was analyzed with different statistical tools such as frequency, mean score, percentage, knowledge index, adoption index and rank order etc. The study revealed that farmers have full knowledge (100 percent) and high level (100 percent) of adoption about sowing methods and irrigation requirement by cotton crop. Majority of farmers (63.33 percent) had medium knowledge level and 16.67 percent farmers had high knowledge level about different improved cotton production practices. The findings also indicated that about 76.66 percent of the farmers had medium to low level of adoption of cotton cultivation practices.