Vol. 8, Special Issue 10, Part B (2024)

The present study entitled “Adoption of sorghum variety developed by VNMKV”was conducted in Parbhani district of Marathwada region of Maharashtra state during the year 2023-24 on the basis of maximum number of farmers cultivating Parbhani Super Moti sorghum variety with the objective to study “Adoption of sorghum variety developed by VNMKV Parbhani”. 120 respondents were selected purposively from 12 villages of 03 tehsils who were cultivating Parbhani Super Moti sorghum variety. An Ex-post-facto research design was followed for the study. Data was gathered using a well-structured interview schedule created with the study's objectives in mind. The collected data was analysed, classified and tabulated. Statistical tools such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and coefficient correlation were used to interpret findings and draw conclusions. It was observed that more than third fourth (75.83%) of the respondents had medium level of adoption whereas, 12.50 percent of the respondents had high level of adoption, whereas 11.67 percent had low level adoption towards Parbhani Super Moti sorghum variety.