Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Latur-413 512, Karnataka, India
This study was carried out in the Latur district as the area under grape cultivation is maximum as compare to other districts in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra state. Data were collected from 120 respondents (grape growers). It is found that majority of (60.83%) grape growers had medium farming experience maximum number of grape grower (43.33%) were educated up to secondary school level, (60.83%) of grape growers were from joint type of family. Majority of the grape growers (67.50%) were in the category of farming as a major occupation, 83.33 percent grape growers were in category of medium land holding, majority of grape growers (62.50%) belonged to medium income group, 64.16 percent grape growers were using medium sources of information, majority (75.00%) of the grape growers were having medium cosmo politeness, majority (58.33%) of the grape growers had medium social participation.
Grape growers, Characteristics, Respondents, Sources of information, Social participation
