Knowledge of Postgraduate Research Scholars of Anand Agricultural University about Various Aspects of Global Warming Issues

Global warming is to have significant impact on conditions affecting agriculture, including temperature, carbon dioxide, glacial run-of, natural hazards, precipitation and the interaction of these elements. The present study was undertaken on a random sample of 100 postgraduate research scholars studying in agriculture faculty of B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University located at Anand of Gujarat state. To know the understood information possessed by the postgraduate research scholars about global warning was the major objective of this study, hence interview schedule on global warming related different four aspects viz. (1) General and basic aspects of global warning, (2) Green house gases related knowledge, (3) Global warning impact on agriculture related knowledge and (4) Power consumption and power saving technique was prepared and responses were collected in terms of correct and incorrect answers. Based on responses for all the four components of knowledge, knowledge score was worked out separately. The aspect wise respondents were classified based on percentage of knowledge possessed by them in different five groups; viz. Knowledge up to 20 percent, 21 to 40 percent, 41 to 60 percent, 61 to 80 percent and above 80 percent.