Organic farming in India is being followed from ancient time. Organic agriculture in India has its roots in traditional agricultural practices that evolved in countless villages and farming communities over the millennium. Gujarat has remained a pioneer state in adopting organic farming. Adoption of organic agriculture necessarily involves a sequence of steps that need to be followed by the growers and verified by certification and inspection agencies. To find out the level of knowledge level of organic farming practices, respondents were selected from three talukas and 9 villages purposively. From each selected village, 10 farmers who were engaged in organic farming partially or fully were selected purposively. Thus, sample size consisted of 90 respondents from 9 village covered under study. Most of the respondents (98.89 %) had knowledge about mechanical cultivation practices, use of bio fertilizers in organic farming while 97.78 per cent respondents had knowledge about use of bio pesticide in organic farming and importance of crop rotation and use of oil cake for organic farming. 96.67 per cent respondents had knowledge about type of organic fertilizer may used for organic farming. 94. 44 per cent respondents were aware about land preparation methods. Least knowledge was about organic farming certification process. Only 6 per cent respondents had proper knowledge about organic certification process.

Castor is an important oilseed cash crop. Castor oil obtained from castor seed is non-edible, but is of great industrial importance. India is the largest castor growing country in the world. Gujarat state has highest area and production of castor. In Rajasthan, Sirohi district stands first in terms of area and production of castor. Therefore, a study was undertaken to assess the level of knowledge of respondents about castor production of Sirohi district. The study was conducted in 5 blocks. Further, 100 farmers were selected randomly from 10 villages. The findings of this study revealed that majority (52%) of the castor growers had medium to level of knowledge regarding recommended hybrid castor production technology. Predominantly the hybrid castor growers had good knowledge regarding castor cultivation practices viz., land preparation, harvesting, recommended rates of seed land preparation, manual weeding and FYM application.

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