INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

Floriculture has emerged as one of the most lucrative profession having much higher potential of return than most of the other field crops.A wide variety of flower are grown in india, popular among them are rose, gladiolus, marigold, jasmine, chrysanthemum, carnation, tuberose, amaryllis, hollyhocks, nasturtium, calendula, pansies, corn flowers, anthurium etc.Jasmine is popular in the world over for its perfumeThere are 90 species of jasmine are grown in India out of them about 20 species are under culyivation in south India

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The most commonly cultivated ones are Jasminum multiflorum(Kakada), J. sambac(Gundu mallige), J.grandiflorum(Jajimallige) and J.auriculatium(sooji mallige)Women and floriculture are ecologically and economically inseperableWomen play a vital role in floriculture particularly in several post harvest operations, storage and marketting and also planting, weeding, manuring, picking of flowers.Jasmine production is a boon for rural women and it is a tool to enance their socio-economic status and their family standard living

OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES

To study the personal and socio-economic charectericts of farm women involved in Jasmine productionTo find out the knowledge and adoption level of farm women involved in jasmine productionTo find out participation level of farm women in Jasmine productionTo ascertain the association between personal and socio-econamic characteristic and knowledge level of farm women in jasmine productionTo document the problem faced by farm women in production and marketing of jasmine

REVIEW OF LITERATUREREVIEW OF LITERATURE

• Dependent Variables1. Knowledge level of farm women about production of jasmine2. Adoption level of farm women about production of jasmine

• Independent variables1. Age 2. Family size3. Land holding4. Annual income5. Participation in different activities

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6. Decision making7. Social participation8. Extension participation9. Mass media participation10. Cosmopoliteness11. Problems faced by farm women

METHODOLOGYMETHODOLOGY

• Local of the study Randomly selected villages of Madhugiri Taluk of Tumkur district in

Karnataka

• selection of villages No. of selected villages: 15

Selected villages Dodderi KaimaraRachayana palya PoojarahallySanjeevapuraThimmalapura

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• Selection of respondent From each villages15 farm women were selected on random

basis Total no= 90

• Measurement of dependent variablesa. Knowledgeb. Adoption

Cont ….• Quantification of independent variablesa) Age Age group Score Young <35 years

middle 36-50 old >51

b) Educationc) Land holdingd) Area under the crope) Family size

f) Annual incomeg) Farming experienceh) Participation in different activitiesi) Decision making pattern of womenj) Cosmopolitenessk) Social patternl) Extension participationm) Mass media participation

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Characteristics/ categories Jasmine growersҲ2

Numbers Per cent

1. Age

Young 35 years 47 52.22

16.46**Middle 35-50years 27 30.00

Old >50years 16 17.77

2. Education

Low 0 37 41.11

9.36**Medium 1 36 40.00

High ≥2 16 18.88** Significant at 1% level

Knowledge level of farm women regarding specific recommended jasmine cultivation practices

Knowledge level of recommended cultivation practices of Jasmine growers.

Adoption level of recommended cultivation practices of jasmine growers

Categories Jasmine growers Ҳ2

Number Percentage

Low 19 21.12 6.86*

Medium 39 43.33

High 32 35.55

Total 90 100.00

Sl.No Activities Jasmine growers

Number Pre cent

1. Selection of varieties 9 10.00

2. Selection of cuttings 8 8.88

3. Land preparation 57 63.33

4. Fertilizers application 65 72.00

5. Planting 90 100.00

6. Weeding 90 100.00

7. Pruning 82 91.11

8. Harvesting of buds 90 100.00

9. Marketing of buds in the farm 6 6.66

10 Sale of flowers in villages 14 15.55

Participation of farm women in different activities of jasmine production practices

Major findingsMajor findings• Majority of the respondents including in the study were

young (52.22%), had low education(41.4%),with large land holding with medium area under crop

• High percentage of respondents were found to participate in different agricultural activities had medium, decision making level with less social participation, extension participation, medium cosmopolitans and mass media participation

• Nearly 50 per cent of jasmine growers had medium knowledge level

• Almost all the jasmine growers had correct knowledge about practices like seed materials to be used best seed material, different varieties of jasmine

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• Age, farming experience, participation in different activities, decision making of the respondent farm women were found to be significantly related with knowledge level of jasmine of jasmine growers.

• Land holding , area under crop, annual income, farming experience, participation in different activities and decision making patterns of farm women were found to be significantly related with adoption of jasmine growers.

ImplicationImplication

• The results reflects that there is a need for organizing the education programmes effectively and frequently by extension workers, at village level, for achieving higher knowledge and adoption levels.

• The participation of women in organization was unsatisfactory. Hence they must be encouraged to themselves in the various organization which help to increasing the knowledge level.

CONCLUSION CONCLUSION

• There is a need to educate both men and women to enhance respectability for women in farming in particular and their status in the society in general without disturbing the prevailing harmony