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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 study was conducted in Palamu district of Jharkhand to know the socio-economic status of farmers. They were categorized in three groups i.e. small ,medium and large farmers which were differ from each other with regard to socio –economic factors and found that 54 per cent rice growers has medium level of knowledge . Most of the small category farmers have high technological gap of lack of technological guidance (67.73%) followed by lack of money (63.77%). The different sub practices grouped into 6 categories and found that plant protection measures is one of the major concerns for technological gap. 1st spray with Carbendazim (0.2%) & 2nd spray with Propiconazole (0.1%) was effective in reducing the incidence of both blast and sheath blight diseases and increased the grain yields.