A study on profile characteristics of women agriculture officers in Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

The chief role of WAO is to transfer the technology to farmers and act as bridging stones between agriculture and end-users. Traditionally the role of women Agriculture Officer is very narrow and limited. But as the day’s progress the role of Women Agriculture Officers became more and more extensive and focus primarily on production technology, and there had been the extended role of extension in the conceptual paradigm. Hence, the present investigation was carried out to study the Profile of Women Agriculture Officers in Andhra Pradesh. Ex-post facto research design was followed with a sample size of 130 respondents. Frequency, Percentage, Arithmetic mean and Standard deviation tools revealed that, among the total Women Agriculture Officers more than half of them belonged to the middle age group. Nearly three-fifths of the Women Agriculture Officers were B.Sc. (Ag.) degree holders. More than half of the Women Agriculture Officers had a medium level of experience. More than half of them had rural background. While, more than two fifths of the Women Agriculture Officers were staying at a medium distance from their workplace. More than half of them had undergone a medium number of trainings. Nearly three fifths of the Women Agriculture Officers had a medium number of subordinates. Concerning the spouse working status, nearly half were business people followed by those working in the private sector and public. More than half of the Women Agriculture Officers had less number of dependents followed by medium and Nearly three fifths of the Women Agriculture Officers were using their own vehicle followed by hired vehicle and Public transport for discharging of duties.