ASSESSMENT OF TRAINING CUM DEMONSTRATION ON IPM STRATEGY IN CHICKPEA ON KNOWLEDGE DOMAIN OF THE FARMERS

R.K. THUMAR¹, P.K. BORAD², S.J. CHAUDHARI³*
¹Department of Entomology, B. A. college of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, Gujarat, India
²Department of Entomology, B. A. college of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, Gujarat, India
³Department of Entomology, B. A. college of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : siddhavc@gmail.com

Received : 09-04-2016     Accepted : 16-04-2016     Published : 28-06-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 22       Pages : 1426 - 1428
Int J Agr Sci 8.22 (2016):1426-1428

Keywords : Demonstration, IPM, chickpea, pheromone traps, bird perches
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

Training cum demonstration on IPM strategy for control of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) hardwick in chickpea was organized before 100 farmers of village Paccham of Dhandhuka taluka of Ahmedabad districts. Fifty farmers were randomly selected to study the impact of training cum demonstration in terms of knowledge gain with respect to IPM strategy. A well structured pre-tested Gujarati version interview schedule was prepared in light of the objectives and administrated before and after training cum demonstration. The data were analyzed in light of the objectives and result revealed that there was significant gain in knowledge of the farmers as there was significant difference between knowledge index before training and knowledge index after training and knowledge gain was 96.80 per cent which implies that training cum demonstration play an important role in shaping knowledge behaviour of the farmers about IPM technology in chickpea.