Indian Journal of Entomology
Open Access
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 82
  • Issue: 1

Adoption of vermicompost technology

  • Author:
  • M Swetha, R V T Balazzii Naaiik, P Vijay Kumar, B Rajkumar, D Vijayalakshmi, M Bhavyamanjari
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 32 to 35

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Rudrur, Nizamabad, 503188, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad, 500030

*Email: mswetha.muddam@gmail.com (corresponding author)

Online published on 18 April, 2020.

Abstract

Vermicompost is the major component of organic farming as it fulfils all the requirements of production and protection of crops. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Rudrur, Nizamabad conducted training programmes and demonstrations on the vermicompost technology to farmers of Nizamabad and Kamareddy district of Telangana. Level of knowledge and adoption by the trained farmers of Nizamabad district with 60 respondents constituted the study. The results revealed that majority of the respondents had medium level of knowledge on vermicompost technology and with them high level of adoption was observed in a significant manner.

Keywords

Vermicompost, farmers’ training, KVK, knowledge level, adoption, socioeconomics, education, economic status