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Adoption of Mungbean Production Technology in Arid Zone of Rajashtan

Bhagwan Singh and T. R. Chauhan

Abstract

The study was conducted in two panchayat samitis of Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. The results indicated that majority of the marginal, small and large farmers belonged to low adoption category for the mungbean production technologies such as ‘high yielding varieties’, ‘seed treatment’, ‘application of organic manure’, ‘application of nitrogenous fertilizers’, ‘application of phosphatic fertilizers’ and ‘plant protection measures’. Medium level of adoption is found for the practices such as ‘time of sowing’ and ‘interculture and weeding’ while high adoption is noticed for the practices such as ‘seed rate’, ‘method of sowing’ and ‘spacing’. The variables like caste, education, social participation, mass media exposure, contact with extension agencies and infrastructure facilities had positive and significant relationship while age had negative and significant correlation with adoption of mungbean production technology

Keyword: Adoption; High yielding v

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