Vol. 12, Special Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Arpit Somtiya, Siddharth Namdeo, Vedant Gautam, Ashish Kumar Nagar, Sanjana Shrivastava and Seema Naberia

Abstract:
The paper studies on “Constraints faced by vegetable growers in adoption of IPM in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh”. The study was conducted in Shahpura block of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh which is a major vegetable growing block in the state. In this study the problems encountered by the growers while implementing the integrated pest management techniques were measured. For the study, 120 vegetable growers were selected. Vegetable growers were asked to enlist the problems they faced during the application of integrated pest management. The problems were ranked by using the Garett Ranking Technique. The major findings of the study were that majority of the farmers were lacking knowledge about the usage of bio-pesticides (Rank=I) followed by most of them said that there were lack of trainings on efficient implementation of IPM technologies (Rank= II) and lack of supply of quality bio-pesticides in the region.