Table 3 shows the number of respondents
who answered all the 15 ‘true/ false’ statements in
relation to organic vegetable production. The
majority of the respondents knew that: good soil
(sandy loam) is required for organic vegetable
production (90%); organically balanced fertilizer
increases vegetables yields (81%); green manure
adds organic matter to soil (70%), and crop rotation
helps in proper nutrient management (80%).
Research has shown that organic matter is important
for increasing the grain yield of a crop compared to
organic fertilizer (Nehra and Grewal, 2001). About
80 percent of farmers believed that flood irrigation
is good for organic vegetable cultivation which is
clearly false in the case of vegetable production