Volume : III, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

Adoption of Integrated Pest Management Practices by Paddy Growers

S. A. Dhenge, D. M. Mankar, Y. B. Shambharkar, N. D. Ovhar

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The study was conducted in Lakhani, Sakoli and Lakhandur tahsils of Bhandara district in eastern Vidrabha of Maharashtra State. The sample constituted 120 paddy farmers drawn from 12 villages. The exploratory design of social research was used.Finding revealed majority of paddy growers (72.83%) were having medium level of adoption of integrated pest management practices of paddy. Findingswith regards to relational analysis revealed that the selected variables age, annual income, area under paddy showed negative and significantly also sources of information positively and significantly correlated with adoption at 0.05 level of probability. Also social participation and economic motivation has positively and significantly correlated with adoption at 0.01 level of probability.

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S. A. Dhenge, D. M. Mankar, Y. B. Shambharkar, N. D. Ovhar Adoption of Integrated Pest Management Practices by Paddy Growers Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VIII August 2013

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