Vol. 11, Special Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Raju Kumar, MN Ansari, Nirala Kumar and Mahesh Kumar

Abstract:
A study on the Knowledge level of Papaya growers regarding papaya cultivation practices has conceded out in Begusarai districts of Bihar. A huge number of the papaya growers belong to medium knowledge level category (63.33%), followed by high knowledge level (20.00%) and low knowledge level category (16.67%). A very high percentage of the papaya growers had correct knowledge about the cultivation practices like harvesting time (95.00%), transplanting method and time (92.50%) and sowing method & time (90.00%) followed by practices like soil type (86.50%), marketing and storage (80.00%), post harvesting management (73.33%), spacing & pit size (72.00%), irrigation and drainage management (70.00%), Seed treatment (68.50%), variety (65.00%), seed bed preparation & raising seedling (63.33%), weed management (60.00%) and Plant protection measures (55.00%). Knowledge level was very low in case of recommended practices such as manure & fertilizer applications (38.33%). During the study, it was observed that there were positive and significant relationship between knowledge level and selected independent variables viz. education, land holding, annual income, contact with extension agency, economic motivation and risk preference. While the variables age had negative and area under papaya had positive but both variables were found to be non-significant.