Knowldeg Level of Farmers About Tomato Production Technology in Jaspur District of Chhattisgarh

Knowledge is an essential factor for adoption of any production technology. The present investigation was carried out in the six purposively selected villages of Pathalogon Block of Jashpur district. Seventy two respondents were selected randomly and personally interviewed with the help of the structured interview schedule. The study revealed that the majority of the farmers (66.11%) of tomato growers had acquired high knowledge level whereas 38.88 per cent had acquired low knowledge level among the tomatogrowing farmers regarding tomato production technology. In case of practice wise knowledge of respondents the majority of the respondents (84.72%) had low level of knowledge regarding the depth of sowing, 77.77 per cent respondents reported low level of knowledge regarding crop disease followed by 72.22, 63.88, 50.00, 45.85, 43.05, 41.66 and 0 per cent respondents belong to the low level of knowledge category regarding seed rate, time of sowing, transplanting, use of weedicides, disease control measures, harvesting stage, soil type, land preparation respectively. With respect to knowledge about improved varieties, seed treatment, insect pest knowledge and insect control, 100 per cent respondents had high level of knowledge of tomato production technology.