Association between selected independent variables of beneficiary and non-beneficiary farmers with their knowledge level about recommended package of practices of Chickpea under NFSM

Abstract

National Food Security Mission (NFSM) is a centrally sponsored scheme started in 2007-08, with the aim of increasing the productivity of individual farmers through the change in knowledge & adoption of improved technologies and farming practices. To assess the effectiveness of the NFSM-pluses on change in the knowledge level of farmers in Rajasthan state. The study was conducted in two Agro-climatic zones of the Rajasthan state, i.e., Ic (hyper-arid partial irrigated) and zone IIIa (Semi-arid eastern plains). From these selected zones total sample size of 240 respondents were taken out of them 120 Beneficiary Farmers (BFs) and 120 Non-beneficiary Farmers (NBFs) were selected randomly from selected village. The knowledge level of both BFs & NBFs were positively and significantly correlated with variables like “farming experience and trainings, education, occupation, annual income, social participation, extension contacts, mass media exposure and economic motivation at 5% & 1% level of significance. While only two independent variables viz., age and size of land holding were positively and non-significantly associated with knowledge level of both beneficiary & non-beneficiary farmers about recommended package of practices of chickpea.