Knowledge Level of Farmers on Recommended Cultivation Practices of Off-season Vegetable Crops under Low Cost Polyhouse Technology in Assam

Abstract

Low cost polyhouse technology enables farmers to cultivate vegetables during Off-season and also fetch higher price to the farmers. Off-season cultivation of vegetable refers to the production of the vegetable before or after of its normal productive season. As the Off-season vegetable cultivation under polyhouse technology need some skills or knowledge, which is not similar to that of normal productive seasons. Therefore, this study is conducted to assess the knowledge level of the farmers on the recommended cultivation practices of some selected Off-season vegetable crops under the low cost polyhouse technology in Assam. The study was carried out in 4 different districts of Assam which was selected depending upon the presence of RKVY (Rashtria Krishi Vikash Yojana) beneficiaries. Amongst them 80 beneficiaries gave their positive respond to the work and hence considered to be the sample for this particular case. Statistical analyses with the collected data were done which includes frequency distribution, percentage calculation, mean and standard deviation along with knowledge test. The major finding of the study shows about (62.50%) of population had medium level of knowledge regarding the polyhouse technology skill. Implementation of this newer skill will enrich the farmers to develop much more off season crops, rather agricultural sector will contribute to the economy of the nation. This particular case study will help to maintain the flow of the “Off season” crops & meet up the needs of general population.