Evaluation of Farmers Socioeconomic Characteristics Influencing Tomato Output in District Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Ali, Sajad; Ja, Khan; Jadoon, Arshadullah; Riaz, Muhammad; Khan, Abid

doi:10.17582/journal.sja/2020/36.3.894.899

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“…Rank order is a procedure employed to sort study variable from highest to lowest on a dimension of interest and numerical values are replaced by their rank to sort the data. The Chi-square test was used to investigate the significant association between categorical variables (Ali et al, 2020;Masood et al, 2012). Also Kruskal-Wallis test was used to assess statistically significant differences in farmers' perceptions regarding the effect of ICT tools on production (Ullah and Khan, 2019;Elliott and Hynan, 2011).…”

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Use of Information and Communication Technologies among Farming Community of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Shandana¹,

Khan²

2022

SJA

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I n Pakistan, many farmers are illiterate, socially excluded and unaware of the latest developments in the agricultural sector. It is not that they are resistant to technology; the fact is that new technologies and necessary support systems were rarely provided to them. Their poverty has led them to various forms of Abstract | Through the utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) tools, farmers can get timely, up-to-date, relevant, accurate technical information and advice and extension agents can effectively answer farmers' abundant information needs. Thus, the present study was conducted to investigate the usage of ICT tools in agricultural extension services in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. For the study three districts (i.e. Swat, Haripur and Mardan) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were chosen and a total sample size of 400 respondents was selected. Data were collected through pre-tested and validated interview schedule and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings of the study showed that the maximum of the respondents (34.5%) were in the age category of 36 to 45 years whereas, 25.8% of the respondents were illiterate. About 64.5% of the sampled respondents were owner cultivators and almost 40% of the sampled respondents have farming experience of 21 to 30 years. More than half of the respondents (55%) owned mobile, 22.5% of the respondents owned telephone, 52.8% of the respondents owned television and 9.8% of the sampled respondents owned radio in the study area. About, 49.8% respondents were uncertain about the favorable effects of ICTs on production while 14.2% of the respondents agreed about favorable effects of ICTs on production. Krushkal Wallis analysis showed that there was highly significant difference in respondents' perception about the effect of mobile, telephone, television and radio on production. The study suggested that extension agents are required to create awareness of the use of ICTs among the farming communities. Department of agriculture extension needs to establish an ICT based program so that innovative agricultural information might be communicated to the farming community.

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Use of Information and Communication Technologies among Farming Community of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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2022

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“…According to the Government of Punjab, In 2017–18, a total of 414,645 tonnes of tomatoes were produced, covering an area of 41,731 hectares. In 2017–18, it was grown on 8274, 24,968, 5354, and 3135 hectares in Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), with respective production totaling 109,445, 182,198, 37,556, and 85,446 tonnes [ 3 ]. Tomato is a very nutritious crop and is considered an important constituent of a balanced diet due to the existence of the high amount of different vitamins like Vitamin A, B & C and some minerals[ 2 , 4 ].…”

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Use of ginger extract and bacterial inoculants for the suppression of Alternaria solani causing early blight disease in Tomato

Hyder,

Gondal,

Sehar

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BMC Plant Biol

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Early blight (EB), caused by Alternaria solani, is a serious problem in tomato production. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria promote plant growth and inhibit plant disease. The present study explored the bio-efficacy of synergistic effect of rhizobacterial isolates and ginger powder extract (GPE) against tomato EB disease, singly and in combination. Six fungal isolates from symptomatic tomato plants were identified as A. solani on the basis of morphological features i.e., horizontal septation (6.96 to 7.93 µm), vertical septation (1.50 to 2.22 µm), conidia length (174.2 to 187.6 µm), conidial width (14.09 to 16.52 µm), beak length (93.06 to 102.26 µm), and sporulation. Five of the twenty-three bacterial isolates recovered from tomato rhizosphere soil were nonpathogenic to tomato seedlings and were compatible with each other and with GPE. Out of five isolates tested individually, three isolates (St-149D, Hyd-13Z, and Gb-T23) showed maximum inhibition (56.3%, 48.3%, and 42.0% respectively) against mycelial growth of A. solani. Among combinations, St-149D + GPE had the highest mycelial growth inhibition (76.9%) over the untreated control. Bacterial strains molecularly characterized as Pseudomonas putida, Bacillus subtilis, and Bacillus cereus and were further tested in pot trials through seed bacterization for disease control. Seeds treated with bacterial consortia + GPE had the highest disease suppression percentage (78.1%), followed by St-149D + GPE (72.2%) and Hyd-13Z + GPE (67.5%). Maximum seed germination was obtained in the bacterial consortia + GPE (95.0 ± 2.04) followed by St-149D + GPE (92.5 ± 1.44) and Hyd-13Z + GPE (90.0 ± 2.04) over control (73.8 ± 2.39) and chemical control as standard treatment (90.0 ± 2). Ginger powder extracts also induce the activation of defence-related enzymes (TPC, PO, PPO, PAL, and CAT) activity in tomato plants. These were highly significant in the testing bacterial inoculants against A. solani infection in tomato crops.

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Evaluation of Farmers Socioeconomic Characteristics Influencing Tomato Output in District Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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Use of Information and Communication Technologies among Farming Community of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Use of Information and Communication Technologies among Farming Community of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Use of ginger extract and bacterial inoculants for the suppression of Alternaria solani causing early blight disease in Tomato

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