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Experiment code
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18.2.25 |
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Experiment Title
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Awareness and adoption of kitchen gardening by the urban people of Surat city |
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Research Type
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Survey Work |
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Experiment Background
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Kitchen Garden is now an important aspect of urban areas. This improves the physical, mental and spiritual health. A kitchen garden ensures an inexpensive, regular and handy supply of fresh vegetables which are basic to nutrition. The green vegetables contain vitamins and minerals which protect us against diseases. People can grow their own vegetables organically and it will be without any contamination. Kitchen Garden should solve the problem of nutrition that is a big issue in the world. People can grow 100% organic vegetables that have high nutritional and health quality and people get a regular and convenient supply of healthy vegetables. Today most of the people became health conscious and they have a demand for organic vegetables; therefore this is the easiest way to meet fresh and organic vegetables by doing kitchen gardening. Majority of the families having itchen garden of different sizes. There are many social benefits that have emerged from kitchen gardening practices; better health and nutrition, increased income, employment, food security within the household, and community social life. Households and small communities take advantage of vacant land and contribute not only to their household food needs but also the needs of their resident city. |
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Experiment Group
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Social Science |
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Unit Type
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(03)EXTENSION EDUCATION UNIT |
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Unit
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(33)KRUSHI VIGYAN KENDRA (SURAT) |
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Department
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(244)Krushi Vigyan Kendra Surat |
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BudgetHead
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(312/02704/05)312/39/REG/03052 |
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Objective
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- To study the profile of the respondents
- To study the awareness about media preparation, sowing of different vegetables in different season and its pest and disease management aspects of kitchen gardening
- To study the extent of adoption about media preparation, sowing of different vegetables in different season and its pest and disease management aspects of kitchen gardening
- To analyse the relationship between dependents and independent variables
- To study the constraints experience by respondents and seek their suggestion to overcome of kitchen gardening
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PI Name
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(NAU-EMP-2010-000514)GITABEN JAYANTILAL BHIMANI |
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PI Email
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gitabhimani@nau.in |
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PI Mobile
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8511178903 |
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Year of Approval
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2019 |
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Commencement Year
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2020 |
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Completion Year
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2023 |
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Research Methodology
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The study was conducted in Surat city. In all, 100 urban kitchen gardening owners were selected randomly from the trained group by KVK, Surat. The data was collected by personal interview through structured schedule. The decided aspects for getting their awareness and extent of adoption were critically enumerate while developing structure schedule. The simple statistical tools were used to analysed the data.
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