B. SIRISHA*, T. LAKSHMI, K. RAGHAVENDRA CHOWDARY AND A.V. NAGAVANI

Department of Agricultural Extension Education, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502.

ABSTRACT

The present study was carried out to know the profile of millet growers in Ananthapuramu and Chittoor districts of Andhra Pradesh over a purposively drawn sample of 120 respondents. The results revealed that more than half of the millet growers were in middle age (55.01%), had college level of education (25.00%), large farmers (29.17%), fair cropping pattern (55.00%), medium social participation (51.67%), medium information source utilization (56.67%), medium level of scientific orientation (61.66%), medium innovativeness (57.50%) and medium access to market (48.33%).

KEYWORDS: Profile, millet growers.