1Ex MSc Student, Agricultural Extension and Communication, C. P. College of Agriculture, SDAU, Dantiwada, Gujarat, 385506
2Research Scholar, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, India, 12504
3MSc Student, Department of Agriculture Extension and Communication, Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura, SKUAST-K, Srinagar-193201
*Corresponding Author's Email - sandeepbhaducoa@gmail.com
Online Published on 16 October, 2024.
Vegetables are very important perishable higher nutritional valuable crops in India as well as in Gujarat. The present study was conducted in Banaskantha district of Gujarat, due to major vegetable producing area. Three talukas were selected purposively where potato and tomato crops were grown. Five villages from each taluka and ten vegetable growers from each village were selected randomly (five tomatoes and five potatoes growers). Thus, in total 150 respondents i.e., 75 for potato growers and 75 for tomato growers selected for study. The data were collected from farmers through personal interviews conducted at their homes and farms. Statistical tools such as frequency, rank, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and correlation coefficient (r) were used to derive the inferences. The study concluded that mostly respondents had medium to low level of knowledge about the hazardous effects of pesticides.
Pesticides, Knowledge, Vegetables, Hazardous and Farmer
