KNOWLEDGE OF THE FARMERS ABOUT IMPROVED TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.) PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN JAISAMAND COMMAND AREA OF RAJASTHAN
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 57
Abstract
Tomato is most significant protective food because of its specific nutritional value. It is most versatile vegetable with vast usage in Indian culinary tradition. Tomato is mostly for soup, salad, pickles, ketchup, puree, sauces and salad vegetable. Udaipur district of Rajasthan was selected for present investigation. There are total eleven tehsils in Udaipur district, out of which Sarada tehsil was selected on the basis of maximum area under tomato cultivation. Six villages from identified tehsil were selected on the basis of maximum area under tomato cultivation. For selection of respondents, 120 tomato growers (60 tribal and 60 non-tribal farmers) were randomly selected from identified villages (20 from each village) for data collection. The study revealed that, majority of respondents 55.00 per cent fell in medium level knowledge group whereas, 23.33 per cent tomato growers were observed in the low knowledge level group and remaining 21.67 per cent respondents possessed high level of knowledge about improved tomato production technology. The findings of the study indicated that majority of tomato growers had adequate knowledge regarding method of sowing followed by harvesting and storage techniques, whereas they had less knowledge regarding plant protection measures, seed rate and spacing.
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KAILASH CHANDRA CHOUDHARY
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