Badar Naseem Siddiqui
Division of Education and Extension, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan
Muhammad Zakaria Yousuf Hassan
Division of Education and Extension, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan
Fawad Asif
Department of Rural Sociology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan
Samra Iqbal
Department of Rural Sociology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan
M. Shahbaz Bajwa
Department of Statistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan
Nadeem Ashraf Mali
Department of Statistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan
ABSTRACT
Twelve apple varieties were known to the respondents. But the awareness and adoption varied. The awareness of varieties varied from 3-85% where as the adoption varied from 7.50-58.33%. The most popular varieties were Golden Delicious, Red Delicious and Amri but their adoption was not more than 58%. Major reasons for non-adoption were, varieties are susceptible to disease, low production, and farm area was scattered and also less economic return as reported by 92.50, 72.50, 35.83 and 31.66%, respectively.
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Badar Naseem Siddiqui, Muhammad Zakaria Yousuf Hassan, Fawad Asif, Samra Iqbal, M. Shahbaz Bajwa and Nadeem Ashraf Mali, 2003. Awareness, Adoption and Reasons for Non Adoption of Apple Growers with Regard to Recommended Horticultural Practices. Journal of Applied Sciences, 3: 182-184.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2003.182.184
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2003.182.184
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2003.182.184
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2003.182.184