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Information Management Behaviour of Papaya Growers of Karnataka: A Comparative Study

Aparna Radhakrishnan, S.K. Meti and S.B. Goudappa

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The study was conducted in North Eastern region of Karnataka State, to assess the information management behavior of papaya growers. The expost facto research design was followed for the study conducted in the purposively selected Northern district of Karnataka (Raichur). A sample of 120 farmers were selected 60 farmers from Gulbarga representing North and 60 from Raichur representing Eastern region of Karnataka respectively by using proportionate sampling procedure and information was gathered and analyzed. The results showed that, in Raichur district, half (50.00%) of the papaya growers belonged to medium Information Management Behavior category, 26.67 per cent of them belonged to high Information Management Behavior category and 23.33 per cent of them belonged to low Information Management Behavior category. In Gulbarga district more than two fifth (41.11 %) of the papaya growers belonged to medium Information Management Behaviour category, 37.78 per cent of them belonged to low Information Management Behaviour category and 21.22 per cent of them belonged to high Information Management Behaviour category

Keyword: Information management; Information seeking; Evaluation; Dissemination behaviour;

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