Knowledge of farmers about integrated weed management (IWM) practices in major crops

The present investigation was carried out in Mahaboobnagar district of Telangana. Ex post facto research design was followed selecting 120 respondents at random from twelve villages of four Mandals of the district. The knowledge of farmers was studied on various integrated weed management (IWM) practices of major crops as recommended by district agricultural officers, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University and Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University which were suitable to the study area and were prepared after consultation with subject matter specialists. It was found that majority of the respondents had medium knowledge on rice (44.45%), cotton (53.65%), groundnut (50.00%) and chilli (47.50%) and had medium overall knowledge (65.00%). It was concluded that there was a positive and significant relationship between level of knowledge of respondents on overall IWM practices and variables viz education, training, extension contact, mass media exposure, information seeking behaviour, farm mechanization status and innovativeness.