Knowledge level of the okra growers regarding the recommended okra production technology

Abstract

Agriculture forms the backbone of Indian economy. Okra [Ablemoschus esculentus (L.) Moench] is the most important short duration vegetable crop extensively grown throughout the country during summer and kharif seasons. India is the largest okra producing country in the world. Gujarat is largest in area and productions of okra in India. Ex-post facto research design was used for the study. Gandhinagar District of Gujarat State was selected purposively as it has covered important okra cultivation areas. Using multistage random sampling technique, all talukas were selected purposively from the Gandhinagar district. Four okra crop growing villages from each taluka were selected randomly from all talukas on the basis of higher areas covered under okra cultivation. Thus, the sixteen villages were selected for the study. From each selected villages, 10 were selected randomly making a sample of 160 respondents. Majority of the okra growers (68.13%) were having medium level of knowledge followed by 16.25 and 15.62 per cent okra growers had high and low level of knowledge about recommended okra production technology, respectively.