• Dr.R.Priyanka

The study was carried out in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu to analyze the knowledge of maize Growers in the recommended package of practices of Maize cultivation. It was found that maize was one of the major crops of the respondents. Data was collected using structured interview, from the study it was found that majority of the respondents had medium levels of knowledge on recommended package of practices of Maize. The correlation analysis revealed that independent variable, namely age, education, farming experience, contact with extension agency, mass media exposure, economic motivation, innovativeness and training undergone had positive and significant relationship with knowledge level of recommended package of practices of Maize. When partial regression coefficients were tested, it was observed that age and mass media exposure were found to be positive and significant as indicated from their significant‘t’ values. It indicated that age and mass media exposure had positively and significantly contributed for most of the variation in knowledge level of the maize farmers about the recommended package of practices of maize. But identifying the major constraints faced by the respondents were labour problem, lack of proper advisory, followed by non-availability of proper market and high cost of inputs.

Maize, Knowledge, Constraints

"KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEIVED CONSTRAINTS OF MAIZE GROWERS IN THE RECOMMENDED PACKAGE OF PRACTICES OF MAIZE CULTIVATION ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 5, page no.g614-g617, May-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2405676.pdf

"KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEIVED CONSTRAINTS OF MAIZE GROWERS IN THE RECOMMENDED PACKAGE OF PRACTICES OF MAIZE CULTIVATION ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 5, page no. ppg614-g617, May-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2405676.pdf