A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION LEVEL OF RECOMMENDED CULTIVATION PRACTICES AMONG THE RAINFED FINGER MILLET GROWERS IN MANDYA DISTRICT
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2023-03-30
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University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
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The Present study was conducted in Mandya district of Karnataka during the year 2021-2022 by keeping productivity of finger millet as criteria. In Mandya district, Nagamangala, and Krishnarajapete taluks were selected. Further, from each taluk 60 rainfed finger millet growers were selected randomly making a total sample size of 120. The findings of the study revealed that, More than two-fifth (45.83%) of the rainfed finger millet growers having medium level of knowledge and More than one-third (39.17%) of rainfed finger millet growers comes under medium level of adoption regarding recommended cultivation practice of finger millet. Nearly half of the rainfed finger millet growers had medium (47.50%) level of yield gap. Variables like education, annual income, area under finger millet, experience in finger millet cultivation, achievement motivation, management orientation, scientific orientation, innovative proneness, cosmpoliteness, extension agency contact, extension participation and mass media exposure had positive and significant association with Knowledge and adoption level of the rainfed finger millet growers respectively. Major constraints expressed by rainfed finger millet growers were exploitation by middlemen during marketing of produce, high cost of inputs, non-availability of labour during peak season. Major suggestions expressed by rainfed finger millet growers are providing remunerative price for the produce, providing regulated market facilities and supply of inputs at reasonable and subsidized rates.