Extent of Adoption of Recommended Cauliflower Production Technology by the Cauliflower Growers

Extent of adoption refers to measure how far a particular technology was adopted by an individual correctly without distortion of message. Efficient transfer of innovative technologies and their adoption to field situations is the key to national agriculture development. Hence, the study was undertaken in ten villages of two taluka of Parbhani and Nanded district of Marathwada region of Maharashtra State on 80 cauliflower growers with an object to study the adoption of recommended production technology of cauliflower by the cauliflower growers. The research design adopted was ex-post-facto, since the data were collected by personally interviewing by the cauliflowers growers and analyzed statically. The results were observed that the majority (55.00 per cent) of the respondents were having medium level of adoption of recommended technology followed by high and low level. Out of six major recommended technologies of cauliflower cultivation, the majority of respondents had high level of adoption on preparatory tillage, seed and sowing, intercultural operation, fertilizers use, irrigation technology, plant protection measures.