Knowledge Level of Farmers Regarding Demonstrated Groundnut Production Technologies

Abstract

Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) Bikaner continuously conducting the Cluster Front Line Demonstrations (CFLD) on groundnut since last fi ve years (2016-2020) to enhance the rate of adoption of groundnut production technologies. An eff ort has been made to know the impact of CFLD on groundnut growing farmers in terms of knowledge level and association of socio-economic profi le of farmers with knowledge level. The Study was carried out in two tehsils Kolayat and Bikaner of Bikaner district of Rajasthan State. The proportionate random sampling method was used to select 160 respondents i.e., 80 benefi ciary and 80 non-benefi ciary respondents. The results of this study were concluded that majority of the respondents had medium level of knowledge about CFLD in the study area. They had highest knowledge about the aspect of “harvesting” and least about “time of sowing”. There was signifi cant association found between education, mass media exposure and extension agency contact, information seeking behaviour and information sharing behaviour with the knowledge level of the respondents.