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EFFECT OF FRONT LINE DEMONSTRATIONS AND TRAININGS ON KNOWLEDGE
intensive practice of preparing poison bait and
application in large area (64.00%), high cost of
pesticides (52.00%) and difficulty in remembering
pesticide dosage calculations (50.00%) were the other
major constraints expressed by beneficiary farmers.
It is logical to derive from the above findings and
discussion that the IPM practices in chickpea which
were disseminated through trainings and FLDs of
Table 1. Categorization of chickpea farmers according to their overall knowledge scores on selected
IPM practices of chickpea crop
S.
No.
Category Beneficiary farmers n=50 Non-beneficiary farmers n=50
Frequency % Frequency %
1 Low 7 14.00 20 40.00
2 Medium 27 54.00 24 48.00
3 High 16 32.00 6 12.00
Total 50 100.00 50 100.00
Table 2. Response analysis of knowledge of chickpea farmers on selected IPM practices
S.
IPM practices Beneficiary farmers N=50 Non- beneficiary farmers N=50
No recommended
CK ICK CK ICK
Frq % Frq % Frq % Frq %
1 Deep summer ploughing 50 100.00 0 0.00 44 88.00 6 12.00
2 Use of wilt disease
32 64.00 18 36.00 7 14.00 43 86.00
resistant/tolerant varieties
3 Seed treatment with
42 84.00 8 16.00 3 6.00 47 94.00
carbendazim/thiaram
4 Sowing of marigold as trap 44 88.00 6 12.00 18 36.00 32 64.00
crop for Helicoverpa
5 Helicoverpa and Spodoptera 24 48.00 26 52.00 4 8.00 46 92.00
adult population monitoring
through pheromone traps
6 Erection of bird perches 36 72.00 14 28.00 7 14.00 43 86.00
20/acre
7 Spraying of 5%NSKE or 27 54.00 23 46.00 9 18.00 41 82.00
neem formulations after
observing egg and early
larval stages of lepidopteran
caterpillars
8 Spraying of 400 gm of 23 46.00 27 54.00 0 0.00 50 100.00
bacterial formulation (Bt) in
200 lts of water twice with
one week interval
9 Use of poison baits for grown 26 52.00 24 48.00 0 0.00 50 100.00
up larvae of Spodoptera
10 Need based spraying of
Acephate 1gm / quinalphos
2.0 ml/ chloripyriphos 2.5 ml/
diflubenzuron 1.0 ml /
Thiodicarb 1.0gm/ lt. water
twice or thrice
46 92.00 4 8.00 2 4.00 48 96.00
CK - Correct Knowledge ICK - Incorrect Knowledge Frq - Frequency
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