Abstract:
A field investigation was revealed that 50.59 per cent of the respondents belongs to middle age
group who had completed their high school education constitutes up to 38.82 per cent. 69.42 per
cent of them were belongs to medium sized family group consisting of five to seven (5-7)
members. 49.41 per cent belongs to small farmers who are cultivating tomato as prime crop in
one third to two third portion of their total cultivated area throughout the year. Among them
45.89 per cent had more than three years and less than ten years of experience in tomato
cultivation. 85.89 per cent were not practicing the soil testing practice before the cropping, 24.70
per cent were practicing ploughing as over practice, and 74.11 per cent were habit of maintaining
excess plant population per unit area. 34.11 per cent were applying more chemical fertilizers than
the recommended dose, 85.9 per cent were not practicing green manure crops application. 72.95
per cent were applying high dosage of pre-emergent weedicides. Similarly, 54.11 per cent and
34.12 per cent were applying higher than the recommended of both insecticides and fungicides
respective, 45.88 per cent were spraying 4000 liters of spray solution and 32.94 per cent of the
farmers were spraying 4500 liters of spray solution per acre per crop, similarly, 67.05 percent
were practicing 60 irrigations per crop and 71.76 percent were irrigating 0.5 to 4.0 liters per
plant, 61.17 percent were practicing every alternate day and 45.88 per cent were following % to
1.5 hour as duration of irrigation for each irrigation. |
