Keeping in the mind the role of external factors affecting knowledge and adoption behavior of the rural farmers, a study was conducted in kurukshetra district of Haryana to assess the extent of knowledge and adoption level of farm women for improved paddy cultivation practices. Four villages were at random two blocks of kurukshetra district and a total of 160 respondents were selected purposively for the study. Twenty five practices of improved paddy cultivation were subdivided into five major aspects of paddy cultivation viz., pre-production, Production, Plant protection, Post harvesting and marketing. Semi structured interview schedule was used to collect the data, using personal interview. Majority of the respondents had higher knowledge and adoption about pre-production 4.61 and 4.56 respectively. Low level of knowledge and adoption was found about marketing practices in paddy cultivation. The age of the respondents, family size and livestock ownership were positively correlated with women knowledge and family type, family size and farm assets were correlated with women adoption in paddy cultivation practices.
