Comparative Analysis of Kowledge Level of Sugarcane Growers in Cauvery, Tunga and Ghataprabha Command Areas of Karnataka

摘要

The present study was conducted in 18 villages of Cauvery, Tunga and Ghataprabha command areas of Karnataka state during 2009 to assess the knowledge level of sugarcane growers. The study revealed that 45 per cent of the respondents were in low knowledge level in Tunga command area (Shimoga district), 43.33 per cent respondents were in medium knowledge level in Cauvery command area (Mandya district) and 45.00 per cent of respondents were in high knowledge level in Ghataprabha command area (Belgaum district). The knowledge level of respondents in all the three areas differed significantly as indicated by chi-square test. Education, mass media participation, extension participation, credit borrowing pattern, risk orientation, scientific orientation, economic motivation, self reliance and extension agency contact of sugarcane growers had a positive and significant relationship with the knowledge level. All the 20 independent variables selected for the study contributed to a tune of 70 per cent in theknowledge level of the sugarcane growers as indicated by R~2 value.