Effect of Training Need for Papaya Growers in Begusarai District of Bihar
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Available online at www.ijpab.com Kumar et al Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 5 (6): 1070-1074 (2017) ISSN: 2320 – 7051 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5881 ISSN: 2320 – 7051 Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 5 (6): 1070-1074 (2017) Research Article Effect of Training Need for Papaya Growers in Begusarai District of Bihar Raju Kumar, M. N. Ansari, Mahesh Kumar* and Nirala Kumar Department of Extension Education *Department of Statistics, Mathematics and Computer Application Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar-848125, India *Corresponding Author E-mail: [email protected] Received: 11.10.2017 | Revised: 18.12.2017 | Accepted: 24.12.2017 ABSTRACT The present study was undertaken in Begusarai district of Bihar states during 2016-17. The study showed that the respondents (61.67 %) had shown their medium training need, followed by low training need (20.00%) and high training need (18.33%) respectively. And also the findings revealed that training in plant protection measure was given top priority by all the selected papaya growers followed by the area of high yielding variety and the area of manures & fertilizer management respectively. The 'seed treatment' was observed as the 4th rank and its mean score of 2.13, Weed management (5th rank) and its mean score of 2.07 followed by 'marketing and storage' (6th rank) and its mean score of 1.93, sowing methods and sowing time (7th rank) and its score of 1.82, raising seedling (8th rank) and its mean score of 1.78, seed bed preparation (9th rank) its mean score of 1.73. The other important area like transplanting method and time (10th rank), irrigation and drainage management (11th rank), Post harvesting management (12th rank) and marketing & storage (13th rank) indicating mean score 1.62, 1.6 and 1.58 respectively. Regarding the plant protection measures the study revealed that papaya growers wanted to identification of major insect pests and diseases as first rank followed by awareness about use of various insecticides and pesticides and residual effect of insecticides and pesticides as 2nd and 3rd rank respectively. INTRODUCTION Key word: Training need, Papaya training need, Effect of training on papaya production. INTRODUCTION occupies a special place. Like banana it is Cultivation of fruits played a pivotal role in available throughout the year and it is easy to diversification of agriculture along with food cultivate. It produces more income per unit and nutritional security of ever growing area only next to banana and has high nutritive population. The agro-climatic conditions of and medicinal value. It is also used in Bihar are eminently suitable for fruit crops. pharmaceutical industries, textiles, garment, The state ranks fourth in fruit production and cleaning paper and adhesive manufacturing, third in vegetable production in the country. sewage disposal and so on. Among the fruits, Papaya (Carica papaya) Cite this article: Kumar, R., Ansari, M.N., Kumar, M., and Kumar, N., Effect of Training Need for Papaya Growers in Begusarai District of Bihar, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 5(6): 1070-1074 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320 -7051.5881 Copyright © Nov.-Dec., 2017; IJPAB 1070 Kumar et al Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 5 (6): 1070-1074 (2017) ISSN: 2320 – 7051 India leads the world in papaya production increasing production. The farmers were with an annual output of about 4.958 million expressed their training needs on plant tons and area covered by 0.118 million ha. In protection followed by fertilizer management, our country Gujarat is largest papaya producer nursery raising, marketing management and followed by Andhra Pradesh. Bihar is the 13th field management. It also indicated that more rank in papaya production figure almost 0.044 than three-fifth of the marigold growers (61.66 million tons in an area of 2000 ha (NHB, percent) were fall under medium group, while 2014-15). In Bihar Papaya is mainly grown in 20.00 percent and 18.34 percent of the Vaishali, Samastipur, Begusarai, Patna and marigold growers were categorized under high Muzaffarpur district. The average yield of and low groups of training needs respectively. papaya in Bihar is lower than national average. Verma and Ansari7 revealed that training in The productivity of papaya could be increased plant protection measure was given top considerably if the available technology is priority by all the selected potato growers effectively transferred to the farmers. Our followed by the area of high yielding variety. training programmes need to focus more on The seed treatment was as served as the third transferring of new technology from the rank area related with the training need among confines of laboratories and research institute the potato growers followed by sowing method to the farmers and make then result oriented. and sowing time. The manures and fertilizer Its profitability needs to be enhanced further, management, irrigation and drainage and weed but still profitability of papaya growing is management were consequently observed as based with many constraints faced by papaya the important relative needs areas for training growers due to production and marketing. So, among the potato growers as per order of the therefore, the papaya growers need to be merit indicating their average mean score of properly trained in the latest improved 2.38, 2.31 and 1.88, respectively. Regarding cultivation practices for realizing more the plant protection measure the study revealed productivity and production of papaya. that potato growers wanted awareness about Keeping all these aspects in view, the present use of various insecticide and pesticide, study was undertaken to ascertain the training identification major insect pest and disease, needs of papaya growers in the main areas of cause of spread and also about time and training with respect to improved papaya method of control. cultivation and to know the training needs of papaya growers in the sub-areas of plant MATERIALS AND METHODS protection measures. Kumari and Laxmikant1 Begusarai district of Bihar state has been studied that the maximum 61.66 per cent of identified as a locale of present research the respondents belonged to middle age group enterprise in view of its importance in terms of (36-50 years) followed to old age group. The area and total production of papaya crop in the data shows that majority of the respondents state. There are 18 block in Begusarai district. (88.32%) were young to middle age group. Out of 18 blocks, five blocks which had Singh et al5., reported that the majority of the maximum area under papaya cultivation, was respondents (71.20%) were found in the selected. Out of these five blocks, two villages extension participation categories of medium from each block, having maximum area under farmers followed by high farmers (20.25%) papaya was selected. So in all ten villages was and 8.55 per cent in the low extension selected as sample villages for this study. Six participation. Verma et al6., studied that the papaya growers were taken from each of the first and foremost activity for planning a good selected village. Thus a total number of 60 programme is to assess the training needs. papaya growers was constituting as the sample They should be properly trained according to for the present study. For collection of relevant their need so as to be fitted and proficient in data, a personal interview schedule was performing their job, which would help in specially structured and prepared in order to Copyright © Nov.-Dec., 2017; IJPAB 1071 Kumar et al Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 5 (6): 1070-1074 (2017) ISSN: 2320 – 7051 get the desire response of farmers in face to soybean production technology. Naik3 reported face situation. The data were analyzed using from his study that 43.34 per cent of the various statistical tools such as frequency, groundnut farmers fell in medium training percentage, mean score, standard deviation needs category followed by high (29.33%) and and ranking. Sharma4 revealed that majority of low (27.33%) categories. the marigold growers have 64 % training needs. The farmers were expressed their RESULTS AND DISCUSSION aspects wise training on plant protection, The results of the present study as well as nursery raising, fertilizer management, field relevant discussions have been presented under management and marketing management. following sub heads: Correlation analysis revealed that education, Training needs of papaya growers in overall farm size, annual income, decision making components of training: behaviour, risk orientation, marketing The information related to training needs of orientation were found positively and papaya growers was collected, tabulated and significantly correlated with training needs, analyzed. The scores of training need on whereas age, caste was found non-significant cultivation of papaya growers ranged from 20 with the training need of marigold growers. to 31, with an average of 24.98 and standard Maneria et.al2., found that majority of deviation of 2.64. On the basis of their scores, respondents i.e. 62.50 per cent fall under the the papaya farmers were classified into three medium level of training needs group while categories as low (< 22.34), medium (22.34 to 20.83 per cent were kept under high training 27.62), high (> 27.62). The results are need groups and remaining 16.67 per cent presented in table-1 possessed low level of training need about Table 1: Distribution of papaya growers according to training needs Sr. No Categories f % 1 low ( < 22.34 ) 12 20 2 Medium ( 22.34 to 27.62) 37 61.67 3 High ( > 27.62 ) 11 18.33 Total 60 100 Mean = 24.98, S.D = 2.64 The result related to the Table- 1 revealed that conduct of the need based training a majority of (61.67 percent) respondents had programmes by including the course content come under medium needed training category, based on the identified main areas in order.