Extension field functionaries

Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) is a registered society which involves key stakeholders to perform agriculture activities for sustainable agricultural development at district level. ATMA is having linkage with all the line departments, research institutions, Non-Governmental Organizations and agencies associated with agriculture development in the district. The study was carried out during 2016-17 in six southern districts of Karnataka state to analyze the attitude of extension field functionaries towards ATMA.

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Information and Communication Technology has become an effective tool for transforming agriculture from traditional resource based method of production to a new science based method and commercialized agriculture in digitalized global village. The findings indicated that 44.4 percent of extension personnel had ICT facilities in their department among which computer and printer facilities were possessed by half of the respondents while facility of internet and digital camera were possessed by 30.0 percent of respondents.

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Front Line demonstrations (FLDs) are the important extension techniques to convince the farmers about latest farm technologies. The present study was conducted to assess the impact of frontline demonstrations Bengal gram crops conducted in the Central Plateau Region of Maharashtra and the Malwa plateau of Madhya Pradesh. Study revealed that improved cultivation practices comprised under FLDs viz., recommended varieties, seed rate, timely sowing and plant protection technology resulted in increase in yield in gram crop over the check plots.

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The study examines the problems of livestock farmers in accessing the livestock extension services of Animal Husbandry department of Jammu district of J & K state. The data was collected from 12 randomly selected villages in 4 blocks of Jammu district. 10 livestock farmers from each village and five Veterinary Assistant Surgeons (VASs) from each blocks selected making a total of 120 livestock farmers and 20 Veterinary Assistant Surgeons (VASs) i.e., field level functionaries of department of Animal Husbandry, Jammu.

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The present study was conducted in 12 Raitha Samparka Kendras (RSKs) of Tumukuru district of Karnataka state during 2017-2018 to know the extent of participation of farmers in agricultural extension activities of RSKs. One hundred twenty farmers who availed agricultural extension services of RSKs were interviewed using a pre-tested interview schedule. The results revealed that a vast majority of farmers had ‘contacted’ the agricultural extension functionaries in RSKs through mobile (85.00%) and landline phone (81.66%).

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Pearlmillet (Pennisetum typhoideum) is an important low value cereal crop grown in rainfed areas of country. The Indian hot arid zone is spread over 0.32 m km2 area and 65% of it is in the western district of Rajasthan.

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Krishi Vigyan Kendras or Farm Science Centres have been established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in all districts of Tamil Nadu. The trust areas of KVKs are refinement and demonstration of technologies, and training of farmers, farm women, rural youth and extension functionaries. Imparting trainings in agriculture and allied fields for the rural youth is one of its mandates. Effective training is considered as an important factor in determining the efficiency of an organization which depends upon the capability of its trainees.

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