Knowledge level of farmers about the dicoccum wheat cultivation practices in Belagavi district, Karnataka

Abstract

The present study was undertaken in Gokak and Raibag talukas of Belagavi district of Karnataka state during 2017-18 to examine the knowledge level of farmers about the dicoccum wheat cultivation practices. Primary data was collected from 150 dicoccum wheat growers. The results indicated that 38.00 per cent of the dicoccum wheat growers belonged to medium knowledge category, followed by 32.00 and 30.00 per cent of the dicoccum wheat growers belonged to high and low knowledge category, respectively. Cent per cent of the respondents had knowledge about Kapli variety of dicoccum wheat and none of the respondents had knowledge about DDK-1025 and DDK-1029 variety. However, cent per cent of the respondents had knowledge about sowing time. In case of seed rate and spacing more than two-fifth (40.67%) and 34.00 per cent of the respondents had knowledge as per the recommendation, respectively. Further, farming experience exhibited positive and highly significant relationship at one per cent level of probability with knowledge level of dicoccum wheat growers. While, the variables education, mass media exposure, economic motivation, annual income and extension contact exhibited positively significant at five per cent level of probability level with knowledge level of dicoccum wheat growers.