Adoption New Improves Technology of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) Cultivation in Bijnor District of Uttar Pradesh of India

Abstract

Guava is one of the most important nutritious and commercially cultivated fruit crop belonging to the family Myrtaceae. Owing to its hard nature, it is grown successfully in tropical and subtropical regions in India over an area of 246.85 thousand hectares with production of 4053.51 thousand metric tons. The total area under guava cultivation in Uttar Pradesh is 49.53 thousand hectares with 928.44 thousand metric tons production during 2017-18 [1]. Guava grown in diverse agro climatic conditions faces different biotic and abiotic stresses limiting the production and productivity of guava that its influence the economic condition of guava growers. Keeping these facts in mind, the present study was conducted in Bijnor district of Western Uttar Pradesh to analyze the socio- economic condition of guava growers. The result indicated that among the all study characteristics majority of the guava growers belonging to the middle ages 46 to 60 years (56.36 percent), general caste (50.91 percent), education level literate (90.00 percent) and among literate level of education maximum guava growers (42.42 percent) was high school, family type-joint family (78.18 percent), family member-4 to 6 members (51.82), land holding size-above 5 hectare (46.36 percent), irrigation facilities-own electric tube well (58.18 percent), occupation-agriculture and guava farming (48.18 percent), annual income-more than Rs 1,00,000.00 (62.73 percent) and social participation-no participation (61.82 percent). On the basis of result of this study it's become the necessary to develop some extension strategies for the promotion of higher production and productivity of guava in Bijnor district.