Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
SD Bhandari, RS Prajapati and KV Chaudhary

Abstract:
Agriculture has always occupied a pride place in Indian economy. The great significance of agriculture in the country’s economy is well understood by the fact that it is mainstay of the people. Pearl millet is one of the important crops grown in India and ranks fourth in area after rice, wheat and sorghum in India. Among the different millets, pearl millet occupied highest area and production in Gujarat. The present study was conducted in Banaskantha District of Gujarat State. Among 14 talukas of Banaskantha district, three talukas viz, Tharad, Dhanera and Deesa talukas were selected purposively due to the highest area under summer bajra cultivation among rest talukas of the district. The random sampling technique was used for selection of villages and respondents. Ex-post facto research design was used for this study. The study was conducted to know the technological gap in summer bajra growers of Banaskantha district. Technological gap has been defined as the proportion of gap in the adoption of castor production technology and it is expressed in percentage. In the present study technological gap was operationalized on the division in adoption of summer bajra production technology by the summer bajra growers and expressed in percentage. They revealed that the high technological gap was observed 100.00 percent recommended variety and Gap filling or thinning also technological gap was observed 100.00 percent in Line sowing, plant protection 91.30 percent, seed treatment 84.75 percent, FYM/ chemical fertilizer 78.63 percent, interculturing 54.00 percent, seed rate 38.00 percent, harvesting 28.00 percent, weed control 21.57 percent, sowing time 18.34 percent, crop rotation 10.44 percent, irrigation schedule 08.75 percent, spacing (broadcasting) zero percent which were ranked as first to thirteen, respectively.