A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING NEEDS OF ONION CULTIVATORS IN AFGHANISTAN COUNTRY
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A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING NEEDS OF ONION CULTIVATORS IN AFGHANISTAN COUNTRY
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Creator |
MOHAMMAD AGHA ZIA
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Contributor |
VIJAYABHINANDANA, B
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TRAINING, ONION, CULTIVATORS, AFGHANISTAN
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Description |
The study was conducted to assess knowledge and training needs of onion cultivators in Afghanistan counry. Ex-post-facto research design was followed for the study. The investigation was carried out in Pul-e-Alam district of Logar province where onion is predominantly grown. A sample of 135 farmers randomly selected for nine villages. The data were collected by personal interview method through structured interview schedule and analyzed employing suitable statistical methods. Majority of the onion cultivators were illiterate, low sociability, medium and small family size, medium farming experience, small farmers, high annual income, low extension contact, medium mass media exposure, high economic motivation, high risk orientation, medium scientific orientation and high marketing orientation. Half of the respondents found in medium knowledge category and little less than half of the respondents fell under high training need group. Correlation analysis revealed that there was a positive and significant relationship between training needs and independent variables viz., education, family size, economic motivation, scientific orientation and marketing orientation. There was negative and significant relationship between farming experience, mass media exposure and risk orientation with training needs of the respondents. Whereas, sociability, farm size, annual income and extension contact were not significantly related with the training needs of the respondents. Correlation analysis also revealed that there was a positive and significant relationship between knowledge and independent variables viz., farming experience, annual income, mass media exposure, economic motivation, risk orientation, scientific orientation and marketing orientation. Whereas education, sociability, family size, farm size and extension contact were not significantly related with the knowledge of the respondents about recommended practices of onion. High cost of fertilizers, pesticides, electricity supply, shortage of labour, lack of knowledge on identification of pests and diseases and their control measures, nonavailability of improved seed material, low price for onions and lack of access to credit were the major problems encountered by the onion farmers. Provision subsidy on fertilizers, pesticides and electricity, increase extension workers at field level, provision of more labour in peak seasons, Government support to construction of storage structures for onion produce, provision of more institutional finance and fixing minimum support price for onion were the suggestions given by the onion farmers to overcome the problems faced by them |
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Date |
2016-07-30T14:23:24Z
2016-07-30T14:23:24Z 2008 |
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Thesis
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http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/70313
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en
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D8332;
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application/pdf
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ACHARYA N. G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD
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