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M. V. Bharamagoudar ¹, G. N. Maraddi ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Extension Education, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (KARNATAKA), IN

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Knowledge Level, Bt Cotton, Production Technology

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Santosh Swami ¹, Nagesh ², G. N. Maraddi ¹, S. G. Aski ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur (KARNATAKA), IN
2 Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur (KARNATAKA), IN

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Technological Gap, Constraints, Ses Of Respondents Relationship

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G. N. Maraddi ¹, H. S. Sathish ¹, Rajeshwari ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Extension Education, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, IN

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The present study was conducted in Raichur and Manvi taluks of Raichur district during 2012-13 with 120 respondents. The ex post facto research design was used for the study. The data were collected using structured and pre tested interview schedule. The results of the study indicated that, majority of the respondents possessed full knowledge with respect to practices like recommended variety, seed rate, micro nutrients, manual weeding and time of harvesting and partial knowledge in practices like seed treatment, age of seedlings at transplanting, organic manure, application of chemical fertilizers, irrigation management and pest and disease management. Majority of them fully adopted the practices like recommended variety, seed rate, micro nutrients, time of harvesting and chemical weed control. Majority of the respondents were having full knowledge regarding simple practices and have adopted the same. Some of the practices like number of seedlings per hill, application of chemical fertilizers, recommended dose of organic manure, manual weeding, chemical weed control, management of pests and diseases were also partially adopted by majority of the respondents.

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Adoption, Component Wise Practices, Constraints, Knowledge

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Santosh Swami ¹, Nagesh ², G. N. Maraddi ¹, V. A. Pawar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, RAICHUR (KARNATAKA), IN
2 Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, RAICHUR (KARNATAKA), IN

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SES of Tobacco Growers, Factors of TG, Relationship

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V. Mohanakumara ¹, Basavaraj Hulagur ¹, G. N. Maraddi ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Extension Education, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur (Karnataka), IN

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The study was conducted in Gulbarga district of NorthKarnataka during 2013-14 to know the knowledge level of farmers about post-harvest management in pigeonpea by selecting 120 farmers as respondents for the study. The data were elicited by administering interview method and analyzed using mean, standard deviation, frequency and percentage. The major findings of the study were majority (79.17%) of the respondents had medium to high level of knowledge about post-harvest management practices.Whereas cent per cent of pigeonpea growers had knowledge about harvesting by sickle, sun drying, cleaning by hand picking, house hold storage, transportation, Dal making and as animal feed. A large majority of the respondents had knowledge about baging in jute bag (97.50%), beating with sticks (91.66%), management of storage pest i.e., Bruchids (83.33%) and its management through Neem botanicals (80.83%) and godown storage of produce (80.00%). However, one third (64.17%) of the respondents belonged to middle age, of which 30.00 per cent of them illiterates, while 72.50 per cent had bigfamily size 42.50% of them had medium annual income, 40.83 per cent of the respondents had semi-medium land holding (5.1-10 acres),more than half (55.83%) of the respondents belonged to medium farming experience but maximum number of them used to seek information from mass media, nearly half of the respondents (41.14%) had extension participation, half of the respondents belonged to medium achievement motivation, 38.33 per cent of the respondents belonged to medium economic motivation and 49.17 per cent of them belonged to medium risk orientation category.

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Knowledge, Technology, Innovative, Post-Harvest Management Practices, Pigeonpea.

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