Association of knowledge and adoption level of farmers about marigold cultivation practices in Haryana

In India marigold is one of the most commonly grown flowers and used extensively on religious and social functions in different forms. Because of their ease in cultivation, wide adaptability to varying soil and climatic conditions, excellent keeping quality, the marigolds have become one of the most popular flowers in our country. The present study was conducted in two districts viz., Gurugram and Jhajjar of Haryana state. From the selected villagesthirty marigold cultivators was selected randomly for the study. Thus, a total of 120 respondents were finalized from the four randomly selected villages for the present study. The results revealed that majority of the farmers 50.00 per cent were having medium knowledge level regarding marigold cultivation. Regarding concept, importance, harvesting, packing and marketing of marigold majority of the respondents had medium level of adoption. Whereas, in case of agronomic practices and fertilizers application majority of the respondents belonged to low adoption level. Further, from the results it was inferred that, all the selected independent variables together contributed 62.30 per cent variation in the knowledge level of the farmers and 60.50 per cent variation in the adoption level of farmers regarding marigold cultivation.