KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF MUNG GROWERS ABOUT POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY OF MUNG 

Abstract

Mung forms an important part of Indian dietary habit. More than half of Indian population is vegetarian for whom mung is the major sources to fulfil their protein requirement. The post-harvest aspects in mung also hold significant consideration as the losses are higher during storage. So this study was conducted by using an ex-post facto research design with120 respondents selected randomly from 3 talukas of Kachchh district. The result of the study indicated that nearly half of the mung growers (47.50%) were in the old age group and had higher secondary education, had more than 4.00 ha. of land holding, were using tube well as a source for irrigation, had membership in one organization, utilizing Agricultural scientist/KVK, Mobile/Internet, Television, Extension officer/ATMA and village level workers/ Extension officers their sources of information. Majority of the farmers possessed good knowledge about harvesting (99.17% ), best time of harvesting (93.33% ). Overall the respondents had medium to high level of knowledge (75.00%) about mung crop.