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ThesisItem Open Access KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF CLIMATE RESILIENT TECHNOLOGIES AMONG PADDY GROWERS IN MANDYA DISTRICT(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, 2018-08-20) MANJUNATH K V; Shivaramu, K.The present study was conducted in the year 2017-2018 in one head reach taluk Pandavapura and one tail end taluk Maddur of Mandya district. A sample of 50 farmers each from head reachand 50 farmers from tail end were selected randomly. Thus, the data was collected from 100 Paddy growers using pre-tested interview schedule. The findings revealed that majority of the Paddy growers in head reach area had medium to low Knowledgelevel and belonged to low to medium Adoption category.Whereas tail end farmers had medium to high Knowledge level and belonged to medium to high Adoption category on Climate Resilient Technologies in Paddy.The Profile characteristics such as education, risk orientation, cosmopoliteness, scientific orientation, mass media exposure, extension participation, innovative proneness, extension contact and economic motivation were significantly related to Knowledge level of Paddy growers. Education, risk orientation, cosmopoliteness, scientific orientation, mass media exposure, extension participation, innovative proneness, extension contact and economic motivation were significantly related to Adoption behavior of Paddy growers. Lack of sufficient Knowledge and guidance on Climate Resilient Technologies, limited extension activities on Climate Resilient Technologies and non-availability of labour to adopt Climate Resilient Technologies were the major constraints expressed by the head reach farmers.Whereas major constraints expressed by the tail end farmers were untimely release and improper scheduling of water in the canals, uneven and untimely rainfall and non availability of labour to adopt Climate Resilient Technologies.ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON COTTON SEED PRODUCTION UNDER CONTRACT FARMING IN CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 2022-04-10) VIJAY KUMAR, S.; Shivaramu, K.The Present study was carried out in Chickballapur district of Karnataka during 2019-20. Data was collected from a sample of 90 farmers from 10 villages of Chintamani and Gauribidanur taluks using pre-tested interview schedule through personal interview method. The study showed that the total cost incurred for Cotton Seed Production was Rs.2,33,209 per hectare. The average gross return realized per hectare was Rs.5,59,534. The Cost of Production per kg was Rs.166.92, Net return over variable cost per kg was Rs.252.92 and Net Return over total cost per kg was Rs.233.59. The return per rupee of expenditure was Rs.2.40 in Cotton Seed production under contract farming. The variables such as extension contact, extension participation, mass media exposure and organizational participation had showed positive change due to contract farming in Cotton Seed Production. Cent per cent of the cotton seed farmers entered contract farming with the company in written agreement and received payments through cheque. It was observed that the cent per cent of the farms were visited by the supervisors of the company during pollination emasculation and harvesting stage. The major production problem was non availability of skilled labours, the major marketing problem was irregular payments by the company and major environmental problem was non availability of required quantity of water in bore wells during summer. Majority of the farmer suggested for establishment of ginning units at local level, regular payment by the company and higher price to the seeds for improvement in contact farming on cotton seed production