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Knowledge Level of Agricultural Officers regarding Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Uttar Pradesh

Nitin Kumar Pandey and R. K. Kushwaha

Abstract

In order to enhance food grain production there has been over exploitation of natural resources and due to which land, water and soil have been subjected to great stress resulting in soil degradation, soil erosion, salinity and alkalinity, sifting cultivation and nutrient losses. Hence, the concept of sustainabity has emerged as an alternative for long term sustainable production and economic viability of Indian agriculture. The study was conducted in Kanpur Nagar district with 50 AOs in order to assess their knowledge on sustainability. Agriculture officers possessed very good knowledge on soil and water conservation, integrated nutrient management, integreated weed management aspects, whereas in case of integrated water management there was low level of knowledge. The overall knowledge analysis shows that majority (50%) of AO possessed medium level of knowledge whereas a good number (40%) were having higher level of knowledge. It was observed that education, occupation, job experience, information source use, level of aspiration had shown positive correlation with knowledge level of the AOs

Keyword: Sustainable agricultural

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