International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Roshana Hukare, Sasane GK and Dhadwad MB

abstract
The study was conducted in Ahilyanagar, Solapur and Jalgoan district of Maharashtra. To study the profile characteristics of acid lime growers, a total 360 respondents were randomly selected and data was collected using a structured interview schedule. The result revealed that 54.44 per cent of acid lime growers were middle aged; nearly half of the acid lime growers i.e. 47.00 per cent had educated up to higher secondary level, 51.66 per cent had small size of land holding, 80.83 per cent of growers had medium level of age of acid lime orchard, 68.50 per cent of respondents having agriculture was their main occupation, 55.00 per cent had medium annual income, 54.72 per cent of growers had medium area under acid lime, 45.83 per cent had well as irrigation source, 72.54 per cent had medium experience in acid lime cultivation, 71.67 per cent had medium level of source of information, 51.95 per cent had medium innovativeness, 74.44 per cent acid lime growers had medium level of marketing behaviour, 65.83 per cent had medium risk orientation and 75.39 per cent acid lime growers had medium level of economic motivation. It was observed that the overall climate smart practices followed index of the study area was 0.52 which is medium in nature.