Relationship between profiles of KVK beneficiary farmers and efficiency level of KVK beneficiary farmers regarding influence of KVK

Abstract

Agriculture is the most pivotal sector of Indian economy in the current phase of development. Therefore, the transformation of traditional agriculture to modern agriculture is a challenge to fulfill the requirements of over increasing population. Krushi Vigyan Kendra in the country is the primary links for the farmers to know about the agricultural technologies being generated. They act as the training centers for the transfer of technology with an aim to reduce the time lag between technology generation and their transfer. An ex-post facto research design was used in the present investigation. The present study was conducted in all 08 KVK working under S. D. Agriculture university jurisdiction and a list of KVK beneficiaries was collected from each KVK. The KVK has one of the mandates to adopt villages from its jurisdiction and from those villages they call the farmers for training, allot On Farm trail (OFTs) and Front Line Demonstration (FLDs). The beneficiaries were randomly selected of training, FLD and OFT in 20:12:6 in numbers for this study. Thus, 160 participated trainings, 96 beneficiaries of FLD and 48 beneficiaries of OFT were taken so, 304 beneficiaries were selected randomly for the present study. The study covered 18 independent and one dependent variable and appropriate empirical measuring techniques/scales developed for independent variables also resorted. It can be concluded that the variables such asl and holding, extension contact and innovativeness found positive and significant association education, source of information, mass media exposure, training acquired, economic orientation and scientific orientation found positive and highly significant association with the efficiency of KVK beneficiaries regarding influence of KVK. The results infer education, mass media exposure, Training acquired, economic orientation and scientific orientation would bring substantial change in efficiency of KVK beneficiaries regarding influence of KVK.