Knowledge of recommended integrated pest management technology by cotton growers

The study entitled, “Knowledge of Recommended Integrated Pest Management Technology by Cotton Growers” was purposively conducted in Nagpur district of Maharashtra state. Exploratory research design was used for the study. A purposive sample of 120 farmers from villages in Narkhed and Katol tahsils from Nagpur district was drawn and the data was collected with the help of structured interview schedule. The findings indicated that, majority of the respondents 57.50 percent were in middle age group of 36 to 50 years, 34.16 percent of the respondents were educated up to secondary school, 39.16 percent of the respondents belonged to category of small land holding ranging from 1 to 2.00 ha., 34.17 percent of the respondents had annual income up to Rs. 2,00,001 to Rs. 4,00,000, 74.17 percent of the respondents come under 1.07 to 4.57 area under cotton cultivation, majority of the respondents 62.50 percent were having medium social participation, majority of the respondents 72.50 percent were having medium level of sources of information, 79.17 percent of the respondents were observed under medium level of economic motivation, 60.83 percent of the respondents had medium level of risk orientation and 67.50 percent of the respondents had medium level of scientific orientation about cotton recommended cultivation practices.It was observed that, majority 59.16 percent of the respondents were medium category knowledge of recommended cotton cultivation practices, followed by 30.00 percent of respondents were observed in high level of knowledge.