Knowledge assessment of farm women regarding improved maize cultivation practices

The present study was undertaken to assess the knowledge of improved maize cultivation practices among farm women. The study was conducted in two purposively selected panchayat samities of Udaipur district of Rajasthan state viz. Girwa and Badgaon. Four villages from each panchayat samiti were selected on random basis. Thus, there were total eight villages. For selection of sample, total 159 farm women from the selected villages who were involved in maize cultivation were taken. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents (69.81%) possessed average knowledge regarding improved maize cultivation practices followed by 16.98 per cent of the respondents who possessed poor knowledge and only 13.20 per cent of respondents belonged to good knowledge category.