ADOPTION OF POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG ONION GROWERS IN GHAZIPUR DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH

Abstract

Post-harvest management has the potential to create rural industries in developing
countries like India, where 70 per cent of the people live in villages and 65 per cent of them depend
on agriculture. Onion being of semi-perishable nature i.e. low storage life, it’s marketing and
storage has great significance for obtaining higher net returns. The present study was conducted
during 2019-20 in purposively selected area Ghazipur district covering 06 villages and a sample of
120 onion growers were selected through proportionate random sampling method. The study
revealed the association between the socio-economic characters with that of the adoption behaviour
towards improved production practices.