• V. BALAMURUGAN

A study was conducted to study the extent of adoption of recommended sugarcane technologies by the different categories of sugarcane growers in selected isx blocks of Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. The selected six blocks were Keerapalayam, Kammapuram, Katttumannar Koil, Annagramam, Kurinjipadi and Mangaloore. The respondents were pre-stratified into marginal, small and big farmers consisting of 80 respondents in each ategories. Altogether, 240 respondents were selected from six villages proportionately using, simple random sampling. The attributes like mass media exposure and information source utilization of marginal farmers, extension agency contact, mass media exposure and information source utilization of small fanners and educational status, extension agency contact, mass media exposure and information source utilization of big farmers were found to be positively significant their adoption level. 1 lence, these features may be taken into consideration in the transfer of sugarcane technologies.

Adoption, Sugarcane growers, Sugarcane technologies.

"RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ADOPTION BEHAVIOR AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SUGARCANE GROWERS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.155-156, September-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006256.pdf

"RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ADOPTION BEHAVIOR AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SUGARCANE GROWERS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp155-156, September-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006256.pdf