Knowledge and adoption of improved cultivation practices by sugarcane growers

Abstract

The present study was carried out in Umarkhed taluka of Yavatmal district in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state, the study was planned to investigate the knowledge and adoption levels of improved cultivation practices by sugarcane growers. From the study it was found that majority of the respondents had high level of knowledge but medium level adoption regarding improved cultivation practices of sugarcane. The correlation analysis revealed that independent variables, namely education, land holding, area under sugarcane, annual income, farming experience, extension contact, social-participation, Innovativeness, risk orientation, economic motivation had positive and significant relationship with knowledge and adoption while source of irrigation shows negatively significant relationship with knowledge and adoption and age had negatively non-significant relationship with knowledge and adoption of improved cultivation practices of sugarcane growers.