Open AccessKnowledge and Adoption of Commercial Vegetable Growers in District Budgam, J&K
Author(s) -
Badar Alam Iqbal,
Mushtaq Ahmad,
Roman Nissar,
Riyaz Ahmed Bhat,
. Badrudurez,
Noor Ul Islam,
Zahida Rashid,
Gazanfer Gani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of agricultural extension, economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-7027
DOI - 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i1130765
Subject(s) - agricultural science , socioeconomics , business , toxicology , microbiology and biotechnology , geography , economics , biology
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.