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Knowledge on Indigenous Cultivation Practices for Sustainable Agriculture

Volume : 104
Issue: Jan-mar
Pages: 98 - 105
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Abstract


The study investigated knowledge on indigenous cultivation practices for sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in six agro climatic zones of Tamil Nadu. Data were collected using pretested comprehensive questionnaire administered to 170 respondents randomly selected using the simple random sampling technique. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive tools such as frequency counts, average and percentages. It can be concluded that majority of the respondents were old, completed primary education with own land holding size of less than two ha and agriculture as the main occupation. Findings revealed that majority of the respondents aware of the cultivation practices in native literature and related proverbs. It indicates that the farmers still take pride in practicing agriculture. The scope for traditional agriculture and stressing its value through native literature are found to be bright through the careful analysis of this research.

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98 - 105
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Agriculture Indigenous Knowledge Cultivation Practices Literature and Proverbs.
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