Impact of Demographic Characteristics on Knowledge Regarding Value Added Products of Ragi Among Farm Women

The study was conducted in Mandya and Srirangapatana taluks of Mandya district of Karnataka state to know the knowledge level of trained farm women on value added products of ragi. The data was collected from a sample of 120 trained farm women. The study revealed that, 43.3 per cent of respondents belonged to high knowledge level, followed by 35.0 and 21.7 per cent of respondents had mediumandlow knowledge level respectively. Family size had a negative and significant relationship with knowledge level where as, innovative proneness, extension participation, extension contact and mass media exposure had a positive and significant relationship with knowledge level. Further, the result also established significant (p<0.05) association between educational status and knowledge level of trained farm women. However, the associationbetween marital status and type of family with knowledge level on value added products of ragi found to be nonsignificant (p>0.05).