| Abstrakt: |
The present study explored technological gap among safflower farmers. The study was conducted in Vikarabad District of Telangana State of India during the year 2020-2021. Two talukas namely Bashirabad and Shankarpally and among them four villages were purposively selected where safflower is grown on majority of the area. For each selected village 30 farmers were selected randomly. In this way 120 respondents were selected for the study. An Expost-facto research design was followed for the study. Data was gathered using a well-structured interview schedule created with the objectives in mind. The collected data was analyzed, classified and tabulated. Statistical tools like percentage, mean, standard deviation and coefficient of correlation were used to interpret findings and draw conclusions. A detailed analysis was done and component wise technological gap was categorized. Component wise technological gap observed in adoption of suggested safflower seed production technology in descending order were chemical weed control (60.00 per cent), seed treatment with fungicide (51.66 per cent), seed treatment with bio-compost (50.00 per cent), disease management (45.00 per cent), utilization of nitrogenous manure subsequent to planting (44.58 per cent,), use of nitrogenous manure (43.34 per cent), insect control (43.33 per cent), thinning (40.00 per cent), irrigation (35.84 per cent), inter culturing (35.41 per cent), spacing (35.00 per cent), hand weeding (33.95 per cent), season of planting (29.00 per cent), use of FYM (28.75 per cent), use of phosphatic compost (27.50 per cent), harvesting (23.75 per cent), rouging (15.00 per cent), land preparation (13.00 per cent) and seed rate (0.00 per cent). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
