Journal of Krishi Vigyan

Polyhouse or greenhouse is a structure made-up of translucent materials like polyethylene or shade nets, where the plants are grown under controlled climatic conditions, both considered identical, but the greenhouse is used more commonly in India. The knowledge for the present study was operationalized as the level of adoption about polyhouse technology in the Jaipur division of Rajasthan. Jaipur and Alwar districts were selected because they have a maximum number of polyhouse farmers. Out of both districts, the first three tehsils having a maximum number of polyhouse farmers was selected purposively. In this way, 160 respondents from the Jaipur district and 60 respondents from the Alwar district was selected. Thus, the total sample size was comprised of 220 farmers. The present study showed that education, annual income, sources of farm information, extension contacts and economic motivation had significant correlation with the adoption of farmers at 1 per cent level of significance (P≤0.01), followed by age had significant correlation with the adoption of farmers at 5 per cent level of significance (P≤0.05), and remaining independent variables like caste, occupation, land holding and farm mechanization had non- significant correlation with the adoption of farmers.