Abstract:
Current research was initiated in the College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha and conducted in the Pothwar region of Punjab, Pakistan during 2019 in perspective of Punjab Agriculture Departments Initiated project to mobilize farmers to plant olive at a mass scale in the Pothwar region. It is a matter of fact that training plays an important role in enhancng the farmer's capacities, raising awareness, and providing them with modern knowledge to achieve the ultimate goals. Pothwar region comprises five districts Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad. Three districts (Chakwal, Jhelum, and Attock) were purposively selected due to the maximum number of olive growers. The list of olive growers having an olive farm with a minimum of 50 plants was collected from the Department of Agriculture (Extension). A total sample size of 310 farmers was selected through purposive sampling procedure by using Morgan and Krejcie table as the total population (Olive growers in the targeted research areas) was 1500. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and MS. ofice softwares were used for analysis. According to the results, about 50 percent of the respondents required the most needed training about insect pests and diseases on olive with a mean value of 2.48 and standard deviation of 0.537, respectively. Besides that, residual management of insecticides and pesticides with mean value of 1.92 which was closed to need on the scale. Furthermore, 58.1 percent of the respondents needed training on the method of fertilizer application. Post-harvest techniques and marketing of olive obtained the highest mean value of 2.50 against the variable of time and method of picking fruits. The farmers of olive needed high awareness about the production technology. The Government should focus to improve the training needs of farmers on weekly basis or also give awareness about new methods of irrigation and demonstrate the pest and disease control of olive plants.
Page(s):
313-319
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Year: 2021
Keywords:
Pakistan
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Punjab
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Economy
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Olea europaea
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Extension
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training need
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import