Knowledge acquisition behaviour of small and marginal farmers regarding improved cultivation practices pigeonpea crop

Abstract

The investigation was carried out in twelve villages of Hyderabad-Karnataka region to know the knowledge acquisition behaviour of small and marginal farmers regarding improved cultivation practices pigeonpea crop with the sample of 120. The study revealed that, that majority (83.33 %) of the small and marginal farmers of pigeonpea crop growers were used interpersonal sources for acquisition of knowledge on improved cultivation practices of pigeonpea crop were friends, neighbors, family members, relatives, village leader, input dealers and gram panchayat members. Further, cent per cent of the small and marginal farmers of pigeonpea crop growers never used internet as a means to acquisition of knowledge with respect improved cultivation practices pigeonpea crop.