Adoption of technology, Vegetable growers, Weed management

Adoption of improved practices by vegetable growers was studied in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh during 2006-07. Forty nine per cent peripheral respondents were found to be having low level of adoption of improved weed management practices in vegetable cultivation, while 33% respondents belonged to medium adoption group. In the case of distant respondents, 60 per cent had low level of adoption, whereas 40% respondents belonged to the medium adoption group. There was no significant difference in adoption between both the categories of respondents regarding three improved practices i.e. weed management in nursery (traditional method), weed management in standing crops (hand weeding) and manure and fertilizers application