Vol. 11, Issue 2 (2022)

Author(s):
Dr. VS Tekale, MC Bhagat and Dr. Vidya V Tayde

Abstract:
The study on Adoption gap in vegetable production practices was conducted in Nagpur district of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state by employing exploratory design of social research was used with 120 respondent farmers were selected randomly from two tahsils namely Nagpur and Mauda in Nagpur district. The finding revealed that overall adoption gap in vegetable production practices were observed in case of use of recommended doses of FYM (49.17%), sowing time not followed during summer season (50.84%), seed rate (71.66%), use of varieties (79.16%), plant protection measures insects/pests (51.67%) and diseases management (54.16%), respectively. The nearly half of vegetable growers (49.16%) had medium level adoption gap in use of recommended vegetable production practices. The characteristics risk preferences had not any effect on adoption of recommended vegetable production practices.