Correlates of Knowledge Regarding Utility of Soil Testing and Soil Health Card
2020
Patel, GG | Lakum, Y.C. | Mishra, Aakash | Bhatt, J H
It is always important to find out the factor responsible for positive or negative disposition associated withfarmer toward the usefulness and application of any innovation as change in knowledge preceded acceptanceand application of an innovation. The present investigation was undertaken in Petlad taluka of Anand districtin middle Gujarat region. The random sampling of one hundred farmers from Petlad taluka was done based onnumber of respondent who had soil health cards. The results revealed that 52 per cent respondent belonged tohigh to very high category with respect to knowledge of soil testing. These farmers adopted the technology ofsoil testing and use of SHC to balance the dose of fertilizers for sustaining soil health. The half of the respondentsfound the technology beneficial for sustaining soil health, lowering the input cost and improving the farmproduction.
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