Knowledge level of Beneficiary Farmers of ATMQIC about Kharif Crop Demonstrations in Jaipur District of Rajasthan

Agriculture Technology management Quality Improvement Center (ATMQIC)project of Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana was started in Shri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner in the year 2014–2015 to provide a single windowsystem for farmers. Users knowledge about any programme plays important role in acceptance or rejection of given technology of that programme. Keeping in view the facts, the study was conducted in three selected villages of Jaipur District of Rajasthan and 120 respondent farmers were selected through proportional allocation to the size of the population. The knowledge of ATMQIC beneficiary farmers was measured and found that majority of respondents of ATMQIC (68.34%) belonged to middle level of knowledge category followed by high (19.16%) and low (12.50%) knowledge category of respondents of ATMQIC about kharif crop demonstrations. The crop wise findings of the study indicated that majority of respondents of ATMQIC were found to have adequate knowledge regarding cultivation techniques of Bajra crop followed by Groundnut, Moong, Guar and Cowpea.