Awareness of Beneficiary Farmers About National Horticulture Mission

India is mainly an agriculture based country where majority of the people are engaged in agriculture. Recognizing the vast potential of horticulture in stimulating the growth of Indian agriculture, Government of India had launched a scheme of National Horticulture Mission for the holistic development in the year of 2005-06. The present study was undertaken to measure the awareness of beneficiary farmers about National Horticulture Mission in Jaipur and Tonk districts of Rajasthan. A total of 240 beneficiary farmers were included in the sample of study. Study shows that majority (87.09%) of beneficiary farmers had above average to high awareness about NHM in the selected districts. Statement wise awareness indicated that beneficiary farmers had high awareness about ‘Construction of green house/ poly house, shade net house and plastic mulching to cope up with climate variability’ with overall MPS 93.54 and was ranked first, followed by ‘Legal documents of land is necessary criteria for selecting a beneficiary under NHM’ with overall MPS 90.62 and was ranked second. Beneficiary farmers had least awareness about ‘Year of initiation of NHM’ with overall MPS 52.50 and were ranked twenty three. It was observed that there was no significant difference between the beneficiary farmers of Jaipur and Tonk districts with regard to their awareness about NHM and there was significant correlation between ranks of awareness statements assigned by beneficiary farmers of NHM of Jaipur and Tonk districts.