Adoption gap of mustard recommended technologies in Haryana

“Agriculture is the basis of all over development work. If we fail in agriculture, it does not matter what else we achieve how many plans we put up, overall economic development will no tbe complete”. (Jawahar Lal Nehru). Haryana is predominantly an agrarian state with nearly 80 percent of the state’s total geographical area under cultivation. The state has favorable weather conditions for both Rabi and Kharif crops. Major crops grown in the state include rice, wheat, pulses, cotton, sugarcane, pearl millet and rapeseed and mustard. The Study was conducted in Hisar and Charkhi Dadri district of Haryana state. Two blocks namely Hisar-2 and Badhra selected randomly. Total four villages i.e. two from each block namely Kharia and Dobhi from Hisar -2 block and Nandha and Kadma from Badhra were selected randomly. Total 240 respondents i. e. 60 respondents were selected from each village by covering 30 male and 30 female respondents from each village, thus comprising a sample of 240 respondents were selected randomly. In total pre production to post harvesting technologies found that majority of the respondents knowledge and adoption about seed rate, thinning, interculture mechanical weed management, plant protection measures and appropriate harvesting technologies whereas less knowledge and adoption about varieties, seed treatment, direction of sowing, SSP fertilizers, weedicies, chemical doze and zinc nutrient deficiency. In Hisar District respondents had less adoption gap of recommended technologies as compared to Charkhi Dadri district. And also found that majority of the female respondents had more adoption gap as compared to male respondents in mustard crop.