Knowledge of farmers of Baramulla, J&K about weedicides and their use in rice crop

The present study was undertaken in Baramulla dist of Jammu and Kashmir to determine the knowledge of rice growers about weedicides and to find out the association of knowledge about weedicides with the extent of their adoption in rice crop. It was found that two third of the respondents (67.50%) had good knowledge about the weedicides. Majority of the respondents (73.91%) having excellent knowledge treated the whole area under rice cultivation with weedicides. Fifty per cent of the respondents possessing poor knowledge of weedicides did not treat any area with weedicides as compared to the respondents possessing excellent knowledge (4.35%). Significant association was observed between farmers knowledge and extent of adoption of weedicides. It was concluded that farmers need to be educated through mass media like radio, TV, newspapers etc and trained on use of weedicides in rice crop.