TAILIEUCHUNG - An adoption of selected ecological agricultural practices by the farmers

The main purpose of the study was to determine the adoption of selected ecological agricultural practices by the farmers and the factors influencing the adoption in district Kanpur Dehat. Two blocks were selected randomly from the district and three villages were selected on random basis from each block, thus a total of six villages were selected from two blocks, 20 respondents were randomly selected from each village thus a total of 120 respondents in total were interviewed on a structural schedule. | 2017 6 10 1004-1011 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 10 2017 pp. 1004-1011 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https An Adoption of Selected Ecological Agricultural Practices by the Farmers Rahul Katiyar Arun Kumar Pal and Brij Mohan Department of Agricultural Extension Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Kanpur Uttar Pradesh -208002 India Corresponding author ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to determine the adoption of selected ecological agricultural practices by the farmers and the factors influencing the adoption in district Kanpur Dehat. Two blocks were selected randomly from the district and three villages were selected on random basis from each block thus a total of six villages were selected from two blocks 20 respondents were randomly selected from each village thus a total of 120 respondents in total were interviewed on a structural schedule. The majority 70 per Keywords cent of the farmers were middle-aged higher proportion 74 per cent of the farmers had cropping intensity above national average the majority 65 per cent of the farmers of the Ecological nutrient management study area had low GO contact highest proportion 53 per cent of the farmer has medium Ecological pest favorable attitude towards ecological agriculture. Majority 86 per cent of the farmers had management. very low to low composite adoption of selected ecological agricultural practices ecological nutrient management practices 84 per cent and ecological pest management Article Info practices 79 per cent while none had high adoption of composite ecological agricultural practices ecological nutrient management practices and ecological pest management Accepted 10 September 2017 practices. Among ecological nutrient management practices adoption of cow dung ranked Available Online first followed by .

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• Ecological nutrient management
• Ecological pest management
• Selected ecological agricultural practices
• Basis from each block
• Genetically engineered organisms