The study on knowledge and adoption of improved post-harvest practices was conducted in Kanakapura taluk of Bangalore rural district of Karnataka during 1998-99 by interviewing 100 farm women in 10 purposively selected villages. The stndy on knowledge and adoption levels of farm women with respect to post-harvest practices of ragi and redgram revealed that one-third of the farm women were found in high knowledge category, while 18 per cent of them belonged to high adoption category. Size of land holding, annual income, post-harvest equipment jposessed, scientific orientation, economic motivation and risk bearing ability were significantly related to their knowledge and adoption.
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