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Indigenous Technical Knowledge of Tribal Farmers about Pest Management in Crop Production

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Title Indigenous Technical Knowledge of Tribal Farmers about Pest Management in Crop Production
 
Creator P.L.Manohari
R.P.S, Ratan
 
Subject Indigenous People
Tribal People
Tribal Farmers
Indigenous Technical Knowledge
Pest Management
Crop Production
Jharkhand
 
Description The paper presents data on a study conducted in four villages of two blocks of tribal dominated Dumkadistrict of Jharkhand, India. The study having objectives of documenting and appraising the indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) about pest management in crop production used the interview schedule, observation and informal group discussion methods. Two categories of respondentsi.e100 Farmers and 30 Scientists constituted thesample size. Findings indicated that altogether eight ITKs were found to be practiced by the farmers. All eight ITKs were reported to be having scientific rationale with explanations given by the scientist respondents. Four ITKs out of eight were put before the respondents for studying their perception on selected four attributes i.e productivity, stability, sustainability and equitability. All four ITKS were perceived to be effective and useful by both the categories of respondents
 
Publisher National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE)
 
Date 2020-06-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/159570
 
Source Journal of Agricultural Extension Management; Vol. 21 No. 1 (2020); 153
0976-3120
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/159570/57072
 
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