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The present study was conducted during the year 2017-18 in the Mandya district of Karnataka state. Two villages each in Head reach and Tail end area of Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam were randomly selected. In each selected village twenty five paddy growers were randomly selected. Thus, 100 farmers constituted the sample for the study. The data was collected from the respondents using a structured interview schedule developed for the purpose. The data collected was analysed and tabulated using appropriate statistical tools. The results of the study revealed that, Majority of the Head reach farmers have low-medium adoption level, whereas Majority of the Tail end farmers has medium-high adoption. The correlation analysis indicated a positive and significant relationship at one per cent level between the independent variables such as education, risk orientation, cosmopoliteness, scientific orientation, mass media exposure, extension participation, innovative proneness, extension contact and adoption. While economic motivation had a positive and significant relationship with adoption at five per cent level. The R 2 value dipicted that all the 16 independent variables had bestowed to the extent of 63.26 per cent of the variation in adoption level of farmers towards climate resilient technologies.

with seven lines, four testers and twenty-eight cross combinations derived from line × tester model to study the genetic performance of tomato genotypes. The significant variances due to lines and testers, line vs. tester and parent vs. hybrid indicated the importance of their contribution towards general combining ability (GCA), specific combining ability (SCA) and presence of heterotic expression for important characters respectively. The magnitude of predictability ratio for all the traits studied was very less than unity indicated preponderance of non-additive gene action for the inheritance of all the traits.

Background: Over the last decade many programmes have been implemented to improve the health of pregnant women and neonates. This study aims to look at the changes in modes of delivery and perinatal mortality rates in a rural block of Tamil Nadu between 2006 and 2015.Methods: Data on all the births that have occurred in this rural block of Tamil Nadu that has been prospectively collected between 2006 and 2015 was analysed. A longitudinal analysis was done to calculate the primary and overall caesarean section rate and the average annual rate of increase. The perinatal mortality rate was also calculated.Results: The primary LSCS rate has increased from 9.08% in 2005 to 16.1% in 2015. The overall caesarean section rate has increased from 11.7% to 19.2% in the same time with an average annual rate of increase of 5.1%. During this period the perinatal mortality has decreased from 33 per 1000 live births to 17 per 1000 live births.Conclusions: Though the overall caesarean section rate is higher than the 15% prescribed by WHO the rates are lower than the rest of the country and rural Tamil Nadu.