Socio-Economic Status of Vegetable Growers Regarding Integrated Pest Management Practices

The present study was undertaken in Jaipur district of Rajasthan. Chomu and Amber tehsil were selected for the research purpose as Chomu and Amber have maximum number of vegetable growers in the Jaipur district. villages in the selected Tehsils were prepared, out of which, eight villages have maximum number of vegetable growers from the two identified Tehsils. From the selected village a sample of 15 respondents were selected randomly from each village. Thus, the total 120 respondents were selected for the study. India is the second largest producer of vegetables in the world, next to China. India produces 184.17 million tons of vegetables annually from an area of 10.08 million hectares, with an average productivity of 18.18 t/ha. About 300 gms of vegetables are needed (90 gms root vegetables, 120 gms green vegetables and 90 gms other vegetables) per day per capita for the maintenance of human health. But per capita consumption of the vegetables In India is 160 gms/day/person. Rajasthan produces 16.63 lakh metric tons of vegetables from an area of 166175 hectares in which Jaipur district produces 166472 metric tons of vegetables from an area of 31824 hectares. As the area under vegetable cultivation is expanding it was found pertinent to explore the extent of use of IPM practices by the farmers, specially by the vegetable growers.