Profile analysis of mango growers of Karnataka

Abstract

The study was conducted on profile analysis of mango growers in Kolar and Ramanagar district of Karnataka state during the year 2014-2015. The socio-economic profile of mango growers revealed that majority of the respondents (60.00%) belonged to middle age group. 25.00 percent and 22.50 percent were educated up to high school and middle school, majority (61.66%) of the respondents had agriculture as main occupation, nearly one third (32.50%) of the respondents belonged to small farmers category and 36.67 percent of the respondents had medium experience in mango cultivation (13 to 18 years). Whereas, majority (57.50%) of the respondents belonged to medium extension contact (46.67%), medium innovativeness (53.33%), medium economic motivation (42.50%), medium risk orientation (63.33%) and medium management orientation (50.00%).