Agricultural Science Digest - A Research Journal
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue: 3

Impact of training on knowledge level of farmers about use of bio-pesticide and its mass multiplication on agriculture wastage

  • Author:
  • Amar M. Tayade, Umesh R. Chinchmaltpure
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 212 to 215

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, PDKV, Ghatkhed, Amravati-415 519, India

*Corresponding author's e-mail: rcumesh@rediffmail.com and address: College of Agriculture, Dr. PDKV, Akola, India

Online published on 7 October, 2016.

Abstract

The present study was carried out in ten villages from Chandur Rly and Tiosa blocks of Amravati District of Maharashtra state to know the variation of knowledge with respect to major five topics i.e. importance of bio-pesticides and its benefits, Indigenous mass production technology of Bio-pesticide, Effect of chemical pesticides and fertilizers in human health and soil health, mass multiplication of Trichoderma in Sorghum grains, management of diseases by use of trichoderma have been selected. The results reported on these five topics indicated that the knowledge of the farmers has increased after receiving the training.

Keywords

Agriculture wastage, Bio-fertilizer, Bio-pesticide, Impact, Knowledge, Training