This research study was undertaken in Daskroi taluka of Ahmedabad district of Gujarat under ex-post facto research design. A sample of 120 safflower growers representing 10 villages of Daskroi taluka was drawn by using purposively random sampling technique. The results of the study indicated that the technological gap was found high in water management, seed treatment, plant protection measures, sowing time, weeding and interculturing, spacing, preparatory tillage and fertilizer application. While, low technological gap was observed in seed rate and harvesting. The ‘Zero’ gap was observed in the case of recommended variety. The overall technological gap of the respondents in respect of safflower technology was found about 34 per cent. The independent variables viz. cropping intensity, infrastructural experience, education, social participation, farm size, nature of irrigation, socio-economic status, economic motivation, innovativeness, knowledge about safflower technology, attitude towards safflower technology, source of information and extension participation were found statistically significant and negatively correlated with technological gap, whereas, ‘age’ didn’t show any relationship with technological gap. Also, among all the independent variables, Knowledge, infrastructural experience, and extension participation were the crucial factors affecting directly and negatively to the technological gap of safflower growers

Keyword: Infrastructural experienc