Author(s):

Rajiv Kumar

Abstract: The study was conducted in Palamu district of Jharkhand to know the socio-economic status of farmers. They were categorized in three groups i.e. small, medium and large farmers which were differ from each other with regard to socio–economic factors and found that 54.66 per cent rice growers has medium level of knowledge. Most of the small category farmers have high technological gap of lack of technological guidance (69.60%) followed by lack of money (66.13 %). The different sub practices grouped into 6 categories and found that plant protection measures is one of the major concerns for technological gap First spray of Carbendazim 50 WP @ 2 g/l of water before panicle initiation and second at milking stage Propiconazole 25EC @ 1 mi/l of water was effective in reducing incidence of false smut diseases and increased the grain yields.

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