Study on utilization of agriculture extension personal to obtaining agricultural information by the farmers of Chhattisgarh state

Abstract

The study aims at discover the extent to use of agriculture extension personal among farmers in the Chhattisgarh state. Chhattisgarh state having 27 districts and out of that 400 farmers from nine districts were selected for the study. Simple random technique was used to select respondents from the population. Data indicated that majority of the respondents (95.25%) got agricultural related information from rural agriculture extension officers, followed by agricultural input dealers (92%). The data further reveal that majority of the respondents (98.5%) never met the non government organisation for getting information, while 92.5 and 62.75 per cent were never sought information from other sources and subject matter specialist, respectively. The data express that majority of the respondents (81.50%) were participated in extension programmes, while 18.50 per cent were not participated in extension programmes. It was noted that 13.25 per cent of the respondents regularly participated in kisan mela, followed by field tour (8.50%), The majority of the respondents (62.12%) were participated upto two training programme, which was organised by agriculture department, followed by krishi vigyan kendra (35.86%), while 11.62 per cent of the respondents were participated 3-4 times in training programs, which was organised by agriculture department, followed by gram panchayat (4.04%).