Syed SadaqathChethan M.G.2016-11-112016-11-112011http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/85127The study was carried out in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka during the year 2010-11. Following the simple random sampling 150 farmer respondents were selected from 15 villages of three taluks of the district. The data was elicited through personal interview method. Cardamom is the Queen of Spices. Cardamom Elettaria cardamom (L.) Maton, which belongs to the family Zingiberaceae. It is one of the most exotic and highly prized spices. Indian cardamom has a history as old as human civilization. Southern India and Sri Lanka are regarded as origin of this spice. . Cardamom is grown commercially in plantations under the shade of tall shadow forest trees. It is very labourıintensive crop to produce. The fruits are pluck individually by hand before they are fully ripe, over a period of few weeks. The important findings of the study were; considerable per cent of the respondents possessed medium knowledge (44.00%) and adoption (48.66%) about recommended cultural practices of cardamom. Cent percent of the respondents cultivated recommended varieties Most of the respondents had medium psychological attributes like innovative proneness and risk orientation (52.00%) and (44.00%), respectively.. A considerable percentage of respondents educated upto graduated (32.00%). Very high percentage of the respondents (94.66%) possessed television sets. A positive significant relationship was observed between level of knowledge, adoption and personal, psychological and social characteristics like age, education, risk orientation, innovative proneness, extension contact, and mass media participation. Majority of the respondents expressed the problem of animal damage (86.66%), erratic rainfall (80.66%), pests and diseases damage (75.33%) high labour cost (91.33%) and lack of organized market (84.66%) were the constraints expressed by cardamom growers. Majority of the respondents (69.33%) marketed their produce in farm itself. Considerable percentage of respondents (80.00%) collected the information on market price from others who visited the market.Agricultural Extension EducationThesis