STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF ROSE GROWING FARMERS IN KARNATAKA
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2005
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University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad
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"The study was conducted in Bangalore rural district of south Karnataka
and Belgaum district of North Karnataka during the year 2004-05. The districts
were selected keeping area and production of rose as criterion. In Bangalore
rural district, Devanahalli and Hoskote taluks, similarly in Belgaum district,
Belgaum and Gokak taluks were purposively selected. From each taluk of
Bangalore rural district and Belgaum district, 40 and 20 rose growers were
selected using the same criteria constituting a total sample of 120.
More than 43 per cent of the rose growers had high knowledge level
about recommended cultivation practices. About 49.17 per cent of the
respondents had fallen under high adoption category and 34.17 per cent of the
respondents were under medium adoption category.
Majority of the respondents belonged to middle age group, had low
farming experience and semi-medium land holding. More than 28 per cent of
the respondents studied upto high school. Majority of the respondents had
medium extension contact (60.00%), medium extension participation
(59.17%), medium mass media participation (55.00%), medium risk orientation
(69.17%), medium economic motivation (61.67%) and medium innovativeness
(61.67%). Cent per cent of the respondents had knowledge and adopted
number of pruning and stage of harvesting. More than 99 -per cent of the
farmers cultivated recommended variety and harvested in right time. More than
half of the respondents (55.83%) obtained recommended yield. Majority of
respondents expressed the production problems like problem of pests
(87.50%), diseases (85.83%) and high investment (69.17%). Further, majority
of the respondents expressed the marketing problems like exploitation by the
middle man (78.83%), fluctuation in price (75.00%) and low price for flowers
(70.83%)."
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