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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present work was to determine the extent of adoption of recommended package of practices of major vegetable crops in flood prone areas of Lakhimpur District of Assam. The study area covered the North Lakhimpur and Narayanpur agricultural sub-divisions of the district and 60 vegetable growers from 4 flood prone villages constituted the sample size. Majority of the farmers were found to have medium overall extent of adoption (45.00%) followed by low overall extent of adoption (30.00%) and high overall extent of adoption (25.00%) of recommended practices of four major vegetables. In tomato cultivation, majority of the farmers were had low extent of adoption (53.33%) followed by medium extent of adoption (33.33%) and high extent of adoption (13.34%) In cabbage cultivation, majority of the farmers were found with medium extent of adoption (60.00%), followed by low extent of adoption (38.33%) and high extent of adoption (1.67%). In cauliflower cultivation, majority of the farmers had low extent of adoption (53.33%), followed by medium extent of adoption (41.67%) and high extent of adoption (5.00%). In potato cultivation, majority of the farmers of were found with medium extent of adoption (53.33%), followed by low extent of adoption (41.67%) and high extent of adoption (5.00%).