International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Jayalakshmi DR, Dr. Veena Chandawari and Dr. DA Nithyashree

abstract
The Lambanis are the largest tribal groups of India. They were historically nomadic, keeping cattle, trading salt and transporting goods. They collect various minor forest products from forest for their survival. There may be hundred million Lambani living in the world. The present study was conducted during 2017-18 to understand the livelihood status of Lambanis in Kalghatgi taluk of Dharwad district and Davangere taluk of Davangere district. Totally 120 Lambani women were selected based on the equal random sampling method. The data was collected by using pre-tested interview schedule. The results revealed that 14.00 per cent of the respondents had medium knowledge level followed by Low (31.67%) and high (28.33%). The results revealed that Relationship between independent variables and knowledge about Government programmes are none of the variables found to be significantly related with their knowledge. So, there is a need to increase the knowledge level among the rural women to get more benefited by the Government programmes.