Knowledge and Adoption of Commercial Vegetable Growers in District Budgam, J&K
Badar Iqbal
Department of Rural Development, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology of Kashmir, India.
Mushtaq Ahmad
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology of Kashmir, india.
Roman Nissar *
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology of Kashmir, india.
Raies A. Bhat
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology of Kashmir, india.
. Badrudurez
Department of Education, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology of Kashmir, India.
Noor Ul Islam
Department of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology of Kashmir, India.
Zahida Rashid
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology of Kashmir, india.
G. Gani
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology of Kashmir, india.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study was conducted on 250 vegetable growers selected from ten villages of Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. The basic objective of the study was to ascertain the knowledge possessed and adoption level of growers as well as the economic status of vegetable growers. The result revealed that 50.80 per cent of the respondents had medium level of knowledge, 48.40 per cent of respondents belonged to medium adoption category and majority of 60.80 per cent of the vegetable growers belong to the middle economic status group.
Keywords: Vegetable grower, knowledge, adoption.