1Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Extension and Communication Management, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam
2Professor, Department of Extension and Communication Management, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam
The study was carried out purposely in seven districts of Arunachal Pradesh namely, Papumpare, Lower Subansiri, East Siang, West Siang, West Kameng, Namsai and Lohit. A total of 420 respondents were selected using a purposive sampling technique. A structured interview schedule was used to collect data through personal interview method. The statistical tools like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, correlation and association etc were incorporated for analysing the collected data. Results of the study revealed that the majority of respondents (66.19%) had a ’medium level’ of knowledge on fruit production. 95 per cent of respondents did not have the practice of growing a green manure crop to improve the physical and chemical conditions of soil. However, only 13.33 per cent of respondents had ’good level’ of practice on fruit production. It was found that 95.48 per cent of respondents did not know that using pheromone traps and yellow sticky traps is a technique for pest control in some fruit trees. A large majority of respondents (97.62%) did not practice pre-cooling of fruits after harvesting to reduce their detoriation process. It was also found that respondents had ’low level’ of knowledge in nutrient management (22.62%). There was a positive and highly significant relationship between knowledge of the respondents with their practice of growing fruit crops. There was a significant association between some selected independent variables like age, educational qualification and family size of the respondents with their knowledge level on fruit production.
Arunachal Pradesh, Practices of fruit production, Technological knowledge, Tribal women
