International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
B Akanksha, P Prashanth, V Ravinder Naik and K Krishna Reddy

abstract
The present study was conducted in Nagarkurnool and Wanaparthy districts of Telangana state to study profile characteristics of Cluster Frontline Demonstrations (CFLDs) on oilseeds beneficiary and non-beneficiaries in Telangana State. Sixty beneficiaries and sixty non beneficiaries a total of 120 respondents were selected for the study. Ex-post facto research design was used for the present study. It was found that majority of the beneficiaries fell under middle age (53.33%), had primary level of education (36.66%), small land holdings (43.33), medium farming experience (53.33%), lower middle farm income (48.33%), medium resource availability (55.00%), medium social participation (63.33%), medium mass media exposure (58.33%), medium cosmopoliteness (63.33%), medium trainings received (56.66%), medium risk taking ability (56.66%), medium economic motivation (50.00%) and medium achievement motivation (53.33%). Majority of non-beneficiaries fell under medium age (48.33%), had primary level of education (31.66%), small land holdings (40.00%), medium farming experience (50.00%), lower middle income (55.00%), medium resource availability (43.33%), medium social participation (41.66%), medium mass media exposure (48.33%), medium cosmopoliteness (48.33%), low trainings received (50.00%), medium risk taking ability (46.66%), medium economic motivation (45.00%) and medium achievement motivation (48.33%).