Gap between Knowledge and adoption level of cole crops growers with respect to package of practices of colecrops cultivation in Western Uttar Pradesh, India

The present study was conducted in Meerut district of Western Uttar Pradesh during the year 2017–18. To know the gap between knowledge and adoption level regarding the package of practices of cole crops cultivation. It was observed that higher knowledge found in name of fertilizers with a mean percentage score of 62.50, it was ranked in first and lowest in weed management with a mean percentage score of 49.37, it was ranked in fourteenth. The highest adoption was found in name of fertilizer with a mean percentage score of 58.12, it was ranked in first and lowest adoption was found in seed treatment with a mean percentage score of 42.50, it was ranked in fourteenth. The higher gap between knowledge and adoption was found in the mode of application of FYM, fertilizer and chemicals i.e. 12.50 percent, while the lowest gap was found in use of improved varieties i.e. 2.50 percent. The overall average gap between knowledge and adoption level of the respondents with regard to improved cultivation package of practices was 06.61 percent, which clearly indicated that still there had been a considerable gap between the knowledge possessed by them and extent of adoption.