The Mobile Farm Extension Services (M.F.E.S.' Project
was undertaken at Eminabad, District Gujranwala from January 1987 to June 1988jointly by the Fauji Fertilizer Company
Limited (F.F.C.), Pakistan and &1/ S EniChem Agricoltura
S.P.A. of Italy. The main objectives of the project were to
create awareness and promote the use of modern crop production technology among the farmers for getting enhanced
per hectare yield and income, in addition to finding out the
part played by education in this respect. The study area comprised 25 km radius from the project centre. Wheat, rice and
sunflower were selected as target crops. The data collected
from 150 respondents revealed a positive and statistically significant correlation between their education and use of the
recommended plant protection measures by them as compared to the illiterates.
M,.Tamil Akbar, Jamil Ahmad, Niaz H.Malik. (1990) EDUCATION TRIGGERS UP THE USE OF RECOMMENDED PLANT PROTECTION MEASURES AMONG THE FARMERS, , Volume 27, Issue 4.
