There are 36,672 tanks in the state with an irrigation potential of 6.85 lakh hectares. These tanks were and continue to be the lifeline of village communities, to meet diverse range of their requirements-agricultural and non-agricultural. The study was conducted in Bagepalli taluk of Chikballapur district, Mulbagal taluk of Kolar district, Pavagada taluk of Tumkur district and Chitradurga (Kasaba) taluk of Chitradurga district of Karnataka. A majority (51.67 %) of FFS respondents belonged to the category of medium in overall knowledge level on technological aspects, whereas, 31.67 per cent and 16.67 per cent respondents belonged to high and low overall knowledge level on technological aspects, respectively. Overall knowledge level of participant TMI members on environmental aspects, a majority (53.33%) belonged to high followed by medium (38.35%0 and low (8.33%) category knowledge level by FFS respondents. Overall knowledge level of participant TMI members on technological and environmental aspects indicated that, a majority (68.33%) of FFS respondents belonged to high knowledge level category followed by medium (18.33%) and low (13.33%) knowledge level category.

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