Knowledge and its relationship with characteristics of guava growers

N. HARISH; D. A. NITHYA SHREE; S. L. PATIL; V. S. PATIL

doi:10.61475/JFS.2024.v37i4.20

N. HARISH Department of Agricultural Extension Education, 2Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Dharwad University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India
D. A. NITHYA SHREE Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Dharwad University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India
S. L. PATIL Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Dharwad University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India
V. S. PATIL Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Dharwad University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61475/JFS.2024.v37i4.20

Keywords: Constraints, Guava growers, Knowledge, Suggestions, Profile characteristics

Abstract

The present study was conducted in Dharwad district of Karnataka state during 2021-22. To study the profile characteristics, knowledge and its relationship with characteristics of guava growers “Ex-post facto” research design was employed. A total sample size of 120 guava growers were selected for the study. The required information was collected by using structured interview schedule and simple random sampling technique. The important findings of the study were, two fifth (40.00%) of the guava growers had medium land holding, cent per cent of them belonged to high annual income group, two fifth (40.00%) of them had 2.01 to 4.00-acre area under guava cultivation and majority (61.66%) of the guava growers belonged to low market accessibility category. Overall knowledge of recommended cultivation practices shows that nearly half (48.33%) of the guava growers belonged to medium knowledge category and 32.50 per cent belonged to high knowledge category. The correlation analysis highlighted that knowledge of recommended cultivation practices of guava was positively and significantly related with education, extension participation, extension contact, mass media exposure, economic motivation and innovativeness. Fluctuation in market prices (100.00%), high wage rates (91.67%), exploitation by middlemen (77.50%) and lack of storage facilities (66.67%) were major constraints faced by guava growers. The major suggestions expressed by guava growers were fixing of minimum support price for guava (94.16%), establishment of processing units (71.67%), creating storage facilities (61.67%) andstrengthening the marketing support by providing adequate market information (53.33%).