Knowledge and Attitudes of Grape Growers about  Grape Cultivation Practices in Distress Prone Area of  Maharashtra State

Kiran Gavade; Y.B. Shambharkar; Monali Nimbalkar; Subhangi Chavan

Volume : III, Issue : IX, September - 2013

Knowledge and Attitudes of Grape Growers about Grape Cultivation Practices in Distress Prone Area of Maharashtra State

Kiran Gavade, Y. B. Shambharkar, Monali Nimbalkar, Subhangi Chavan

Abstract :

The study was conducted in Chikhali Panchayat Samiti of Buldana district in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state, having more concentration on grape cultivation in this Panchayat samiti (91.65 hectares). An exploratory research design of social research was used for the present investigation. The findings of the study revealed that, with regards to knowledge level, majority of the respondents (89.00%) were having high level of knowledge of grape cultivation while, few (11.00%) of the respondents were having medium level of knowledge. It is surprisingly to note that none of the respondents were observed in low level of knowledge category. In case of attitude of grape groweres majority (63.00%) of the respondents exhibited favorable attitude towards scientific grape production practices followed by nearly one fifth (19.00%) of the respondents showed less favorable attitude towards scientific grape cultivation practices. However, only 18.00 per cent were having highly favorable attitude towards the grape production practices.