The important eco-friendly technologies trustworthy of
determining are organic farming, natural farming, traditional farming, green
farming, bio-dynamic and pharma culture, which may be all together considered
as eco-friendly farming. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA, 1980)
has defined eco-farming (organic farming) as a production system, which
prevents the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators and
livestock feed additives. It preferably depends more upon crop rotation, crop
residues, animal wastes, legumes, green manure, farm wastes, mechanical
cultivation and biological pest management. The area under vegetable crops in
Indore district of Madhya Pradesh was about 33.77 thousand hectares in 2010-11,
which increased to 6.23 thousand hectares in 2011-12. The production of
vegetable crops in Indore district was about 599307 metric tonne in 2010-11 and
further increased to 29753 metric ton in 2011-12. (Horti.Dept, M.P.). This
study was conducted in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh with the sample size
of 120 respondents. A sample of 120 vegetable growers was drawn from 10
vegetable growing villages using proportionate random sampling technique. The findings revealed that use of pheroman trap
(10.83%), use of light trap (12.5%), Conservation and encouraging of predators
(0.83%), Use of NPV and concentration of spray (4.16%), Introduction of
bio-control agents (10.00%), Preparation of seed kernel extract (5.83%),
Knowledge about neem seed kernel extract (16.83%) vegetable growers adopt
eco-friendly practices in vegetables cultivation.
Author(s) Details:
Neerja Patel,
Department of Agriculture Extension, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dewas,
India.
Sandeep
Chouhan,
Department
of Agriculture Extension, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Amarkantak, India.
S. R. K. Singh,
ATARI Jabalpur, M.P, India.
Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/RACAS-V6/article/view/14203
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