ADOPTION DYNAMICS OF ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY PRACTICES (EFP) IN VEGETABLE CULTIVATION IN MADHYA PRADESH

NEERJA PATEL¹*, AJEET DWIVEDI², SANDEEP CHOUHAN³, ROHAN SHARMA⁴, S.R.K. SINGH^5
1Department of Agriculture Extension, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Badwani, Madhya Pradesh
²Central Warehousing Corporation, Siddhipet , Hyderabad
³Department of Agriculture Extension, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh
⁴Department of Extension Education, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
⁵ICAR- Agriculture Technology Application Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
* Corresponding Author : neerja.patel1988@gmail.com

Received : 24-07-2016     Accepted : 15-09-2016     Published : 30-10-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 52       Pages : 2577 - 2580
Int J Agr Sci 8.52 (2016):2577-2580

Keywords : Eco-friendly farming, Vegetable growers, Adoption dynamics
Academic Editor : Dr Ashish Kumar Gupta
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

This study was conducted in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh with the sample size of 120 respondents. The findings revealed that use of pheroman trap (10.83%), use of light trap (12.5 %), Conservation and encouraging of predators (0.83 %), Use of NPV and concentration of spray (4.16 %), Introduction of bio-control agents (10.00 %), Preparation of seed kernel extract (5.83 %), Knowledge about neem seed kernel extract (16.83 %) vegetable growers adopt eco-friendly practices in vegetables cultivation. The area under vegetable crops in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh was about 33.77 thousand hectares in 2010-11, which increased to 6.23 thousand hectares in 2011-12. The production of vegetable crops in Indore district was about 599307 metric tonne in 2010-11 and further increased to 29753 metric ton in 2011-12. (Horti.Dept, M.P.).