A Study was conducted in Bijapur district of Karnataka on the human resource development activities initiated by Nandi Sugar Factory during 2007. Bijapur taluk was purposively selected, out of total 111 sugarcane growing villages, twenty five respondents each were selected in six villages by following random sampling method to make the total sample size of 150 farmers. The results of the study revealed that 45.00 per cent of respondents belonged to high participation category with an average sugarcane yield of 65.80 tonnes per acre. Majority of the respondents participated in integrated nutrient management (75.33%), sugarcane production technology (72.00%), integrated pest management (68.00%) and biocontrol agents (45.33%) trainings. Similarly, 64.00 per cent, 55.33 per cent, 66.00 per cent, 84.00 per cent and 88.00 per cent of respondents participated in krishimela, demonstrations, exposure visits, field days and exhibitions, respectively. Nearly two-third (61.33%) of respondents participated in the HRD activities organized by development departments, 58.00 per cent of respondents participated in HRD activities organized by non-government organizations, 54.00 per cent of respondents participated in HRD activities organized by University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. Cent per cent of the respondents were aware about sugarcane growers associations formed, schools for children of farmers started by sugar factory and honoring of farmers. The major problems expressed by respondents were non-availability of labour (80.67%), irregular supply of electricity for irrigation (71.33%), price problem at factory (30.67%), technical problems in production (27.33%) and payment problem (12.00%), respectively. Majority (25.33%) of the respondents expressed the suggestion that factory should provide incentives for shareholders.