The study was conducted during the year 2019-20 in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka state with a sample size of 120 respondents. Simple random sampling procedure was used to select the respondents. The data was collected with the structured of interview schedule. The results indicated that majority of the vegetable growers belonged to the medium category of Knowledge acquisition (61.67 %). Whereas, interpersonal source were the major sources of knowledge management for the major chunk of the respondents. The socio economic profile of the vegetable growers revealed that, majority of the respondents belonged to middle age group (54.17 %), primary school education (25.83 %), small land holding (45.00 %) and medium annual income (86.67 %). Whereas, majority of the respondents had medium extension participation (57.50 %), medium extension contact (69.17 %), medium mass media utilization (68.00 %), medium social participation (75.50 %), medium cosmopoliteness (68.33 %), medium innovativeness (57.50 %), medium risk orientation (61.67 %) and medium management orientation (56.67 %).