Adoption of Improved Cotton Cultivation Practices among the Farmers in Sriganganagar District of Rajasthan, India

Abstract

The study was conducted during the year 2022 in Padampur and Suratgarh blocks of Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan to study the extent of adoption of cotton growers on improved cotton cultivation practices. A sample size of 120 respondents was selected based on proportionate random sampling procedure. Personal interviews with the help of a structured schedule were taken for data collection The study revealed that majority of the respondents (58.34%) had medium level of adoption of improved cotton cultivation practices followed by 30% high and 11.66% low level of adoption of Cotton cultivation practices by the respondents. The study analyzed that high adoption found in time of sowing cotton with 89.30 MPS, and respondents had less adoption of seed treatment in cotton crop with 61.66 MPS.