~ 398 ~ International Journal of Chemical Studies 2019; 7(2): 398-400 P-ISSN: 2349–8528 E-ISSN: 2321–4902 IJCS 2019; 7(2): 398-400 © 2019 IJCS Received: 24-01-2019 Accepted: 27-02-2019 Anita R Deshmukh SRF-NICRA, ICAR-ATARI, Zone IX, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India Sonam Agrawal Assistant Professor, COA, Powarkheda, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India Alok Suryawanshi SRF NFSM Oilseeds, ICAR- ATARI, Zone IX, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India Correspondence Sonam Agrawal Assistant Professor, COA, Powarkheda, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India Knowledge of paddy growers about recommended technology Anita R Deshmukh, Sonam Agrawal and Alok Suryawanshi Abstract The study entitled;” knowledge and adoption of paddy growers about recommended technology” was purposively conducted in Armori Panchayat Samiti of Gadchiroli district of Eastern Vidarbha. For the present study, 150 farmers were selected from 10 villages by using random sampling method. The main objectives to study the extent of knowledge and adoption of recommended technology among the paddy growers. The data were collected by personal interview with the help of pretested and well structured interview schedule, subjected to appropriate statistical analysis. The findings of the present investigation indicate that near about half of the growers were in middle age group and educated upto high school level. Over one third of the paddy growers possessed upto 1.00 ha of land and had annual income upto Rs.50, 000. Majority of the paddy growers had very low socio-economic status. Near about half of the paddy growers were participants of informal organization. Over half of the paddy growers had medium level of source of information. Most of the paddy growers had medium level of scientific orientation and economic motivation. Over half of the responded paddy cultivation possessed high level of knowledge about recommended paddy cultivation technology. The respondents possess cent per cent knowledge were about cross ploughing, leveling of field, weeding, and control of stem borer by use of endosulphan, harvesting and threshing period of paddy. Whereas, majority of the respondents had poor knowledge about disease resistant varieties, seed treatment, use of Trichogramma, BGA and micro-nutrient of paddy. Keywords: Knowledge, recommended technology, paddy cultivation, paddy cultivation practices Introduction Paddy (Oryza sativa) is grown on 150 million hectares which is about 11 per cent of the worlds cultivated Land in countries. In major ecosystems at altitude ranging from more than 3000 meters mean sea level in Napal and Bhutan to 3000 meters below sea level in south India State of Kerala. In India archeological findings from the Ganga valley, Koldihwah (Neotithic) site suggest that paddy cultivation dates bade to 5000 B.C. Ancient Indian scriptures the “Yajurveda”, the “Atharva veda” and “smritis” make mention about paddy as not just as cereal for consumption as food but also as sacred offering to the duties especially during religious and social functions. However, the general consensus is that domestication of paddy took place independently. In China, India and Indonesia giving rice to Asia’s three varietal groups Japonica, Indica and Javanica. The impact of green revolution in paddy began in the early sixties attributed to the yield increase per unit area in India is mainly due to the development of Semi dwarf paddy varieties and crop management practices. Much of our success in rice production over the past 25 years has been largely based in combination of modern varieties, irrigation and large scale use of nitrogenous fertilizer where irrigation facilities area available, significant yield could be obtain at immense risk of degradation of the soil structure, soil texture, soil microbial population and fertility status due to indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizer. India became self-sufficient in paddy in 1977 that was achieved through a combination of increasing the area under cultivation and increasing cropping intensity with the adoption of modern varieties. At the present state of affairs especially in Vidarbha region the paddy growers are facing number of constraints. The various government and non- governmental organization have noticed that paddy growers are facing problems in number of areas like credit facilities, availability of seed, material and equipment. The new farm technology is essentially a seed, irrigation, fertilizer and pesticides technology. Rice (Oryza sativa) crop is grown in tropical and subtropical countries of the world. In India 45 million hectares of land is under paddy cultivation with an annual production of 87.8 million tones.