Farmer field school’s training on knowledge level of citrus growers regarding improved production practices

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Farmer field school’s training on knowledge level of citrus growers regarding improved production practices
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Akash Nougha Victor (VerfasserIn); Muhammad Luqman (VerfasserIn); Xu Shiwei (VerfasserIn); Yu Wen (VerfasserIn); Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed (VerfasserIn)
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ABSTRACT: The major objective of this paper was to assess the impact of the Farmer field school (FFS) training program on the knowledge level of farmers (citrus growers) regarding improved citrus production practices. Distract Sargodha was the targeted research area for this study being the leading producer of citrus in Pakistan. Quantitative data were collected through interview schedule and analyzed through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). It was conclude that young people were more tend towards getting training under FFS program than old age farmers. Educated farmers were in majority in FFS farmers while; conversely illiterate farmers were in majority in the category of non-FFs farmers. In category of FFS farmers livestock farming was their primary income as reported by majority (31.3%) of FFS farmers and in the case of non-FFS farmer’s crop sale was their primary income source as reported by 28.4% of non-FFs farmers. In addition to that both FFS and non-FFS farmers also earn income from nonfarm sources like business, job, foreign remittances and labour. FFS training program had positive and significant impact on the knowledge level of farmers regarding citrus production and protection practices. T-test statistics showed highly significant (P<0.05) difference in knowledge level of FFS farmers and non-FFS farmers.
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Portugiesisch, Englisch
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1678-4596
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https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-8478cr20160784