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Sugarcane is one of the important commercial led industrial crop in India.Sugar industry in India plays a vital role towards socio-economic development of the rural areas. India is the largest producer of sugarcane, second largest producer of sugar after Brazil and the largest consumer of sugar in the world. From its juice, sugar, gur, alcohol etc. are produced. After the extraction of the juice the fibrous mass left behind is used for making paper and sound insulating board. In villages it is also used as fuel. With the fastest increasing population, the sugar requirement in the country will have to be raised. Most of the sugarcane growers are still practising primitive technologies. Considering the significance of sugarcane cultivation, an attempt is made to design training programmes for sugarcane growers to increase the production and productivity of sugarcane. The study was taken up at Cuddalore, one of the sugarcane predominant districts in Tamil Nadu State. A sample size of one hundred and twenty growers were selected based on proportionate random sampling method.