Title: KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF SUGARCANE GROWERS ABOUT RECOMMENDED SUGARCANE CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGIES

Authors: Y. R. Chauhan, P. B. Khodifad and Axita Meghnathi

Publisher: The President, Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: knowledge, sugarcane growers, recommended cultivation technologies

Volume: 40

Issue: 2

Year: December 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2025.40.2.0004

Abstract: The present study was conducted in Navsari and Surat district of South Gujarat. Sample of 160 respondents were selected by simple random sampling technique for the study purpose. The ex-post facto research design was used for the research study. The purpose of this study was to find out the level of knowledge of the respondents about recommended sugarcane cultivation technologies. Response of the sugarcane growers was taken by personnel interview schedule. After the analysis of the collected data it observed that, the overall knowledge of sugarcane growers about recommended sugarcane cultivation technologies was found (66.91 %). The sugarcane growers had high knowledge regarding planting season (89.06 %), followed by preparatory tillage (79.37 %), planting method (78.75 %), improved variety (76.25 %), seed rate (74.68 %), and water management (68.75 %). While sugarcane growers had moderate knowledge of spacing (63.12 %), intercultural operation (62.18 %), set treatment (61.25 %), disease and pest management (60.31 %), fertilizer management (57.81 %), harvesting (57.18 %), intercropping (55.00 %) and bio fertilizer (53.12 %). The result also indicate that more than half (55.62 %) of the sugarcane growers had medium, (22.50 %) had high and (21.87 %) had low level of knowledge about recommended sugarcane cultivation technologies. The study revealed that, out of fourteen independent variables, ten viz.: age, education, source of information, social participation, innovativeness, risk orientation, market orientation, land holding, annual income and scientific orientation are found positive and significant related, while Farming experience found negative significant related, while area under sugarcane , extension contact are found positive non-significant and only resource availability is found negative non-significant relationship with knowledge about recommended sugarcane cultivation technologies.