Knowledge of Farmers about Papaya Cultivation Practices in Gulbarga District North Karnataka

A study on the farmer's knowledge regardingpapaya cultivation practices was carried out in Gulbarga districts of Karnataka during 2013. A vast number of the papaya growers belonged to medium knowledge level category (51.33%), followed by high knowledge level (26.67%) and low knowledge level category (22.00%).A very high percentage of the papaya growers had correct knowledge about the cultivation practices like harvesting time (97.33%), planting time (96.67%) and soil type (95.33%), followed by practices like variety (93.33%), pit size (91.33%), irrigation in red soil (90.00%) and irrigation in black soil (87.33%). Majority of respondents had good knowledge about practices like pest and diseases (83.33%) filling material (83.33%) and spacing (48.67%).