Socio-Economic Status of Tribal Farmers of Uttara Kannada District of Karnataka of Integrated Pest Management State
Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2019; 7(5): 555-558 E-ISSN: 2320-7078 P-ISSN: 2349-6800 Socio-economic status of tribal farmers of Uttara JEZS 2019; 7(5): 555-558 © 2019 JEZS Kannada district of Karnataka and their level of Received: 22-07-2019 Accepted: 24-08-2019 awareness about agriculture: A case study Ravindra H Zonal Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station, Ravindra H, Mukesh Sehgal, Md. Idris, Jayalakshmi K and Suresha D UAHS, Shivamogga, Karnataka, Ekabote India Mukesh Sehgal Abstract ICAR-National Research Centre The study reveals the socio-economic status of Tribal Farmers of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka of Integrated Pest Management state. The study area was Yallapura taluk of the Uttara Kannada district. The information was collected LBS Building, Pusa Campus, on the basis of personal interview to each of the farmer through a questionnaire. A total samples of 235 New Delhi, India farmers were selected randomly from three villages viz., Savane, Honnahalli and Hadlikere of the Yallapura taluk during 2016-18. The study revealed that they are very poor farmers with low literacy Md. Idris rates and poor knowledge about agricultural methods. They grow only rice, arecanut, betelvine and ICAR-National Research Centre vegetables without any awareness about their improved management practices. By introducing facilities of Integrated Pest Management of modern technology through Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) programme, their socio-economic standard can be LBS Building, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India increased. Jayalakshmi K Keywords: Baseline, socio-economics, tribal, tribal sub plan, Yallapura Zonal Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station, Introduction UAHS, Shivamogga, Karnataka, Uttara Kannada is located between130 and 150 North latitude and between 740 and 760 East India longitude in the Western Ghats section of Karnataka.
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