Relationship between Profile Characteristics of Sugarcane Growers with Extent of Adoption of Sugarcane Technologies

Sugarcane is one of the major cash crop of India, which is the home land of sugarcane cultivation and production. Sugarcane cultivation and development of sugar industry runs parallel to the growth of human civilization and is as old as agriculture. In the present scenario too, sugarcane and sugar continue to be important for India’s rural economy. In Tamilnadu, Villupuram district is the first place for area under sugarcane cultivation, followed by Thiruvanamalai and Cuddalore in second and third place for area under sugarcane cultivation. The Cuddalore district was selected for study. From Cuddalore district, Panruti block was selected for study. From Panruti. block six villages were selected. A sample size of 120 was fixed for the study. The objective of the study was the relationship between profile characteristics of sugarcane growers with extent of adoption of sugarcane technologies. Out of the fifteen variables studied, seven variables viz.., educational status, farm size, area under sugarcane cultivation, mass media exposure, social participation, extension agency contact and economic motivation were found to have significant relationship with the extent of adoption of sugarcane technologies.