TECHNOLOGICAL GAP IN RECOMMENDED CULTIVATION PRACTICES OF CABBAGE GROWERS AT KUHUBOTO BLOCK IN DIMAPUR DISTRICT OF NAGALAND

Abstract

This study has been conducted to find out the technological gap in recommended 
cultivation practices of the cabbage growers in order to understand the extent of the difference 
between the traditional and non- traditional practices practiced by the local farmers in the 
district. The aforementioned study was conducted at Kuhuboto block in Dimapur district  of  
Nagaland in the year 2021. A descriptive research designed was applied for this study. The 
primary data was collected from 120 respondents by personal interview method using pre
structure interview schedule. After the analysis of the data, it was observed that, maximum 
number of the respondents (55.83%) were having medium level of overall utilization of 
information sources and majority of the cabbage growers (62.50%) belonged to medium level 
of over-all technological gap category. It indicates that a sum number of the population had 
incorporated the new technologies while others have still yet to adopt and use the new 
recommended cabbage cultivation. The socio- economic variables associated with the 
respondents, such as education and training exposure were positively significant with the 
extent of adoption of improved package of practices of cabbage cultivation. The above results 
compel the research and extension system to work on the gaps in a pragmatic way.