Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Ekta and Binoo Sehgal

Abstract:
In the districts of Karnal and Kurukshetra in the state of Haryana, a study was carried out in 2021–2022 to gauge the level of farmers' knowledge on the use of paddy residue. According to the study's goal, a well-structured and pre-tested interview schedule was created. Two blocks from each district were chosen at random. Additionally, one community was randomly chosen from each block. To gather data, four communities were chosen. 75 male paddy farmers with more than 5 acres of land from each chosen village were also chosen using the snowball method. As a result, 300 respondents in total were questioned. Present study concluded that all respondents (100.00%) were aware about straw baler machine and feeding the livestock, followed by making cattle shed roof (96.33%), hey rake (93.67) and mulching in the field (93.67). Study also concluded that sufficient time to sow next crop because it takes one and half months to decompose, paddy straw management delays wheat sowing and paddy residue burning is cheap option were major reasons for paddy residue burning.