Knowledge of the Respondents towards Black Pepper Production Technology in Idukki District of Kerala, India
Jojin Jolly *
Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, Naini Agriculture Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj-211 007, U.P., India.
Syed H. Mazhar
Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, Naini Agriculture Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj-211 007, U.P., India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A study entitled “Knowledge of respondents towards Black pepper production technology in Idukki District of kerala, India” was carried out to study the knowledge level of Pepper growers. A structured interview schedule was developed to complete the study and 120 Black pepper growers were taken from 5 villages of the selected block of the District purposively. The knowledge level of the respondents clearly visible that majority 49.17 per cent of the black pepper growers had medium level of knowledge on black pepper production technology, 28.33 per cent and 22.50 percent of the black pepper growers had low and high level of knowledge on black pepper production technology respectively . It can be concluded that knowledge level of majority of respondents was medium.
Keywords: Knowledge, black pepper, black pepper production technology