1PhD Research Scholar, Department of Agricultural Communication, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263145, Uttarakhand
2Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Communication, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263145, Uttarakhand
*Corresponding author email id: tannibckv@gmail.com
Online Published on 13 September, 2022.
Post green revolution era has countersigned a number of alterations and challenges in Indian agriculture due to practicing of intensive cultivation techniques. Sustainability issues with respect to agro-ecology and soil health were questioned seriously. Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices were looked upon as next best alternative to regain sustainability. But still the extent of CA cultivation in India is at a budding stage. At this juncture, farmers’ awareness and knowledge about CA play a very crucial in deciding the upcoming course of actions. So it is very important to measure knowledge level of farmers for its greater adoption. With this goal, the present study aimed at construction of standardized knowledge test to assess knowledge level of farmers regarding CA practices in wheat. For tool development, pilot study was conducted in Kalampura village of Karnal, Haryana which was excluded during final data collection. The steps included-item collection, item selection, item analysis, finding reliability and validity of the test items and then finalization of items. The reliability coefficient value of 0.756 indicated that test was highly significant. The final knowledge tool containing 20 items was set for data collection. This standardized test can be used by other researchers or academicians to measure knowledge level of farmers regarding various other aspects of CA.
Conservation agriculture, Knowledge test, Difficulty index, Discrimination index
