Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Rahul Pawar and S Devendrappa

Abstract:
The present study was conducted in athani taluk of Belagavi District in Karnataka state to know the socio-economic profile of sugarcane growers. A sample of 150 sugarcane growers was selected by using simple random technique from three villages of athani taluk. The results revealed that majority of the sugarcane growers belonged to middle aged (60.00%), followed by 33.33 percent of the sugarcane growers educated up to high school, 46.67 percent of respondents belonged to medium level of experience in sugarcane cultivation, 30.00 percent of the sugarcane growers belonged to semi-medium land holding category, 60.00 percent of the respondents belonged to medium extension participation category, 46.67 percent of the sugarcane growers belonged to medium extension contact category, 40.00 percent of the sugarcane growers belonged to medium mass media exposure category, 36.00 percent of sugarcane growers belonged to low innovative proneness categories, 36.67 percent of growers belonged to high achievement motivation category, 50.00 percent of sugarcane growers were belonged to low economic motivation category, 36.67 percent of sugarcane growers belonged to medium risk orientation category and 43.33 percent of the sugarcane growers belonged to high management orientation category. 40.00 percent of the sugarcane growers belonged to medium scientific orientation category. 42.00 percent of the sugarcane growers belonged to medium cosmopoliteness category.