Factors Influencing Knowledge Level of Muga Farmers about Improved Technologies

:  A study was undertaken in Golaghat district of Assam, India to assess the knowledge level of muga farmers on improved technologies. The study also focused on the relationship of personal and socioeconomic variables of the respondents with knowledge of muga culture technologies. The study revealed that majority of the muga farmers (40.0%) have high level of knowledge followed by 32.5 percent and 27.5 percent as medium and low level respectively. The knowledge possessed by the muga farmers was significantly high in case of the technologies like spacing of host plants (89.5%), inter cropping (87.0%), early stage rearing (86.5%), pruning schedule (81.5%), lahdoi (81.0%) and application of FYM & NPK (64.5%). On the other hand low level of knowledge possessed in case of mother moth examination (24.5%), egg surface sterilization (33.5) and biological control uzi fly (39.5%). The relationship between personal and socio-economic variables of muga farmer and their knowledge level about the improved technologies showed that age, experience and extension participation had positive relationship at 1 percent level  and land holding at 5 percent level of significance whereas education and seri income had although having positive relationship but not significant. On the other hand, : A study was undertaken in Golaghat district of Assam, India to assess the knowledge level of muga farmers on improved technologies. The study also focused on the relationship of personal and socioeconomic variables of the respondents with knowledge of muga culture technologies. The study revealed that majority of the muga farmers (40.0%) have high level of knowledge followed by 32.5 percent and 27.5 percent as medium and low level respectively. The knowledge possessed by the muga farmers was significantly high in case of the technologies like spacing of host plants (89.5%), inter cropping (87.0%), early stage rearing (86.5%), pruning schedule (81.5%), lahdoi (81.0%) and application of FYM & NPK (64.5%). On the other hand low level of knowledge possessed in case of mother moth examination (24.5%), egg surface sterilization (33.5) and biological control uzi fly (39.5%). The relationship between personal and socio-economic variables of muga farmer and their knowledge level about the improved technologies showed that age, experience and extension participation had positive relationship at 1 percent level  and land holding at 5 percent level of significance whereas education and seri income had although having positive relationship but not significant. On the other hand, family size and mass media participation had negative relationship.  family size and mass media participation had negative relationship.