Association of selected independent variables with knowledge of recommended technology of mustard cultivation by farmers

The knowledge level, adoption level and constraints of non-adoption of production technology of mustard cultivation by the farmers need to be studied to reduce the constraints for speedy adoption of recommended technology of mustard cultivation. Hence, a study was undertaken with the objective to find out the association of selected independent variables with knowledge of recommended technology of mustard cultivation by farmers. The study was conducted in Chirawa panchayat samiti of Jhunjhunu district. From the selected panchayat samiti, ten gram panchayats were selected by using simple random sampling technique, similarly, twenty villages were selected. From the selected villages, a sample of 120 respondents was selected by stratified random sampling proportional allocation technique for the study purpose. The study revealed that the farmer’s “Educational level”, “Social participation”, “Size of land holding” and “Sources of information utilized” were positively and significantly correlated with the knowledge level of the farmers about recommended technology of mustard cultivation at 1 per cent level of significance, whereas, their “Market distance” and “Irrigation potentiality” were negatively and non-significant correlated with their knowledge level about recommended technology of mustard cultivation. The study indicates that all the six independent variables taken together explained to the extent of 54.4 per cent of the variation in the knowledge level of farmers about recommended technology of mustard cultivation. The respective ‘F’ value (22.43) was significant at 0.01 level of probability at 6 and 113 degree of freedom. Thus, the results implied that all of the six independent variables would account for significant amount of variation in the knowledge level of farmers about recommended technology of mustard cultivation.