NAAS Rating: 3.77 © 2020, IJAAST All Rights Reserved, www.ijaast.com 1 The Relationship between Socio-Economic Characteristics with the Knowledge Level towards Respondents of Black Gram Production Practices

Abstract

ack gram (Vigna mungo) is a pulse crop belongs to family leguminacea. The study was conducted
during 2019-20 to assess the socio-economic characteristics with the knowledge level of respondents‟
orientation in Yemmiganur block of Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Total 120 respondents were
selected randomly from 6 villages and results revealed that improved production practices of black
gram were medium. The analysis showed that majority of the respondents had medium level of age
group; possess education at primary school, medium land size holders, only farming as an occupation,
medium annual incomers with small family size, medium extension contact, medium mass media
exposure, medium market and risk orientation.