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- Title
Farmer's Knowledge on Importance of Pollinators and Pollination in Karnataka State.
- Authors
SINDHU, MAREPALLY UDAYA; SHIVALINGAIAH, Y. N.
- Abstract
The study was conducted in two districts of Karnataka state during 2020-2021 to analyse the knowledge level of farmers on importance of pollinators and pollination. A total of 120 (60 small and 60 big) crop growers were selected by using simple random sampling technique from twelve villages from two districts. Personal interview method was used to collect data and appropriate statistical tools were applied to analyse the data. The findings revealed that nearly half (45.83%) of the crop growers belonged to average category followed by poor (28.33%) and better (25.84%) knowledge level. Irrespective of the landholding of farmers, characteristics like education, mass media exposure, extension participation and extension contact were revealed to have positive and significant association at one per cent level of significance. Whereas social participation, participation in training programme, value orientation, risk orientation, achievement motivation, scientific orientation and cosmopoliteness. Major constraints were found to be extensive use of chemical pesticides (Rank I) followed by increase in pest incidence (Rank II), deforestation (Rank III), less cultivated land and fragmented land scape (Rank IV), environmental pollution and pollinator deficit (Rank V) climate change (Rank VI) and lack of flora during the non-season (Rank VII) was least considered problem. Major suggestions by farmers to conserve pollinators was to conduct training and awareness programmes (81.67%) as most important suggestions, followed by judicial use of pesticides (50.00%), financial and incentive support from government with 57.50 per cent as important suggestion offered by big farmers, crop diversification 45.00 per cent, planting floral plants around the main crop (60.00%) and installing nesting and feeding sites (38.33%) are the important suggestions expressed by the farmers.
- Subjects
KARNATAKA (India); POLLINATORS; POLLINATION; ACHIEVEMENT motivation; CROP diversification; SOCIAL participation; MONETARY incentives; VALUE orientations
- Publication
Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2023, Vol 57, Issue 4, p193
- ISSN
0047-8539
- Publication type
Article