Knowledge and Adoption Extent of Farmers Towards Scientific Production Practices of Sugarcane in Bareilly District of Uttar Pradesh, India

The present study was conducted out in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The study was planned to investigate the knowledge and adoption levels of improved cultivation practices by sugarcane growers. The district Bareilly was selected purposely for the study. There are 15 blocks in the in selected district then one block was selected based on maximum production of sugarcane. From the selected block 10 villages were selected based on maximum production of sugarcane. From each selected villages, 10 respondents were randomly selected by using simple random sampling method without replacement. Thus, total 100 respondents were selected. From the study it was found that the majority of respondents 66 per cent were found to have medium level of knowledge, with 69 per cent adoption level towards improved cultivation practices of sugarcane. In may be concluded that there is favourable result obtain from the study but there is a scope for the respondents who have belongs to low level of knowledge and adoption towards improved practices of production of sugarcane so they improve their socio-economic condition.