Study on Analysis of Extension Participation of National Horticulture Mission Beneficiaries in Davanagere District in India | New Visions in Science and Technology Vol. 5

 The purpose of this study was to understand the extension participation of National Horticulture Mission beneficiaries and to analyse the extent of participation of National Horticulture Mission beneficiaries in various extension programmes in all six blocks (taluks) of Davanagere district in Karnataka state, India. The sample size was 144 beneficiaries of the National Horticulture Mission from 24 villages who were chosen at random. For this study, an ex-post facto research design was used. According to the findings, family members (34.26 percent), neighbours (33.56 percent), friends and relatives (33.45 percent), and other service providers, fellow beneficiaries, and NHM workers are the most common sources of information for NHM recipients. Farm magazine (66.21 percent), radio (57.87 percent), newspapers (55.10 percent), internet source (44.44 percent), WhatsApp (42.36 percent), and mobile SMS (42.36 percent) are the top five sources of information (32.27 percent ). When it came to contacting extension professionals, 42.82 percent of recipients spoke with an agricultural assistant, 36.11 percent with an assistant agriculture officer, 30.09 percent with a veterinary officer, and 28.70 percent with an agriculture officer. According to the extended participation data, 33.45% of beneficiaries attended group meetings, 33.10 percent attended krishi melas, 31.02 percent attended field visits, and 28.47 percent attended training programmes. In all, 40.97 percent of recipients went to town or cities twice a week, 38.18 percent went once a week, and 16.67 percent went once every two weeks.

Author (S) Details

J. Raghuraja

ICAR-Taralabalu Krishi Vigyan Kendra, LIC Colony Layout, BIET Road, Davanagere-577004, Karnataka, India.

M. Madhumathi

Department of Economics and Research Centre, Maharani Women's Arts, Commerce and Mgmt. College, Seshadri Road, Bangalore -560001, Karnataka, India.

S. Shashikumar

Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, Karnataka India.

M. Sudheendra

Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India.

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Organic Farming from Farmers Point of View: A Case Study in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh | Chapter 14 | Research and Development in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 3

 

The main purpose of the study was to evaluate farmers socio-economic status, attitude and
relationship among them towards organic farming. A simple random sampling technique was used to
select 40 respondents. Attitude of respondents toward organic farming was measured with twenty
statements using five point likert type scales. To explore the relationship between the concerned
variables correlation coefficient (r) was computed. Majority of the respondents were male (90%),
average age was 44 years. 45% respondents were illiterate, had average 4 years of farming
experience. Majority of the respondents (80%) had positive attitude towards organic farming.
Relatives and Extension Agents were found as the main information source of organic farming for
most of the respondents. Cosmopoliteness and Extension contact had positive and significant
relationship with their attitude (.461 and .377 respectively). Efforts should therefore be made to
promote and increase the practice of organic farming as promoting organic farming practice, farm
income is increased than conventional farming and Government role is highly demanded.

Author (s) Details

Mithun Kumar Ghosh
Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Bangladesh.

Mehedi Hashan Sohel
Department of Soil Science, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Bangladesh.

Nazmin Ara
Faculty of Agriculture, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Bangladesh.

Fatima Tuj Zahara
Faculty of Agriculture, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Bangladesh.

Sajid Bin Nur
Faculty of Agriculture, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Bangladesh.

Md. Mahamudul Hasan
Faculty of Agriculture, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Bangladesh.

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