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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 10, Issue:2, February, 2021

PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2021.10(2): 1476-1492
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1002.177


Farmer’s Perception Regarding Soil Health Card in Varanasi District of Uttar Pradesh, India
Rakesh Kumar Mishra*
Awas Vikas Colony Pandeypur Varanasi, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

The study was conducted in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh during 2019. Total sixteen villages of two blocks namely Harhua and Kashi Vidhya Peeth block were selected for the study. Total 174 respondents from sixteen villages were selected randomly. The data were collected through personal interview method with the help of pre-structured schedule designed with the objective of finding out awareness level and perception regarding soil health card. From the data it can be revealed that around 131 respondents (75.58 per cent) were aware about the soil health card and around 119 respondents were uses the recommended doses of fertilizer. The finding further reveals that approximately 29.04 per cent card holder were motivated to take their soil test because they want to increase their soil health due to excess use of fertilizers soil becomes infertile and the farmer did not able to identify the nutrient deficiency in the soil which results in a decrease in crop production.


Keywords: Soil health card, Nutrient deficiency, Crop production

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Rakesh Kumar Mishra. 2021. Farmer’s Perception Regarding Soil Health Card in Varanasi District of Uttar Pradesh, India.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 10(2): 1476-1492. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1002.177
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