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Extent of Awareness of Farmers Regarding Soil Health Card in Rewa block of Rewa District (M.P.)

Yogesh Birle, Kinjulck C. Singh, Chandrajiit Singh, Rachit Chouksey and Akhilesh Patel

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The present study was undertaken in Rewa block of Rewa district during 2018-2019. The random sampling of one hundred twenty farmers from Rewa block was done based on number of respondents who had Soil Health Cards. The result shows that 49.16 per cent respondent exhibited medium level of awareness regarding Soil Health Card. Education, size of land holding, social participation, annual income, local personal channels, local cosmopolite channels, mass contact, risk orientation, economic motivation, scientific orientation, Innovativeness and knowledge of collecting soil sample had significant relationship with their awareness and had fair degree of association. Study reveals that Lack of knowledge about Soil Health Card is a major constraint perceived by the respondents.

Keyword: Soil health card; Krishi Vigyan Kendra; Awareness; Constraints;

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