Knowledge level of farmers about improved cultivation practices of onion farmers in nagaur district of rajasthan

The present study was conducted during 2018–19 in Nagaur district of Rajasthan, to understand the Knowledge level of farmers about improved cultivation practices of onion. The study revealed that half of the respondents were middle aged ranging from 35 to 50 years age group and belonged to backward caste, majority of the respondents were middle to secondary standard educated and engaged in agriculture. In case of knowledge level about improved onion cultivation practices study revealed that, nearly half (54.69%) of the onion farmers had medium level of knowledge followed by high (25.00 %) and low (20.31%) level of knowledge. With respect to adoption of individual improved cultivation practices of onion, more than 90 percent of onion growing farmers had thorough knowledge about ploughing, harrowing followed by knowledge of other practices in descending order vip., appropriate irrigation interval (78.13%), selection of soil (76.56%), time of seed sowing (76.56%), transplanting time of onion seedlings in main field (68.75%), selection of varieties for rabi crop (65.63%), time of weeding (65.63%), suitable harvesting stage/time (60.94%), etc. Very low extent of knowledge regarding improved production technology of onion was found in case of different colour varieties of onion (23.44%), application of micro- nutrients (21.88%) and grading of onion bulb (18.75%). Thus, study suggests the need of conducting trainings, FLDs and efficient use of all means of extension methods to train the onion growers for achieving higher income of onion in the district.