Year : 2019, Volume : 7, Issue : 1
First page : ( 239) Last page : ( 243)
Online ISSN : 2321-1784. Published online : 2019 January 1.

Adoption Behavior of Farmers in Context to Integrated Pest Management Practices in Vegetables

Dr. Singh A. K.¹, Dr. Prakash Vinod¹

¹Head and Senior Scientist (Horticulture) and Scientist (Extension) Kristi Vigyan Kendra, Aligarh (Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur)

Abstract

IPM is the modern concept to environmentally sound and sustainable strategy for pest management. IPM encourages the most compatible and ecologically sound combination of available pest suppression techniques, to keep pest population below economically damaging levels. IPM is a holistic approach of pest control, based on sound ecological factors. The study was carried out during 2016–2017 in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh regarding constraints level of IPM practices faced by vegetable growers. The 100 contact farmers were selected purposively. The study revealed that majority of the respondents were belonging to medium age group (31–50 years) followed by old age group (above 50 years) and mostly they were belonging to other backward caste, their educational level were up to Intermediate. Most of the respondents were not member of any formal or informal organization, their land holding size were small, they were using radio/television for obtaining information related to agriculture and allied sectors. Maximum respondents were having electricity connection at home and mostly transport facility having two wheelers like cycle and motor cycle/scooter. The major constraints observed in adoption of IPM practices in vegetable crop were lack of storage facilities for IPM material in rural area, lack of quality IPM material at government sale centers; IPM tools/modules were not easily available in rural areas and finally non availability of electricity for storage and production of IPM materials.

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