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ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON ADOPTION OF PIGEON PEA PRODUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS IN MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH(ANDHRA PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD, 1993) SURESH REDDY, B; NARASIMHA REDDY, MIndia is the leading pigeon pea producing country accounting for 90-95 per ce.nt of the pigeon pea ( 3 million hectares) cropped area. The area of pigeon pea in Andhra Pradesh is 3.46 lakh hectares, wi~ a production of 0.74 lakh tonnes and productivity of 214 kg ha . Though the area under pigeon pea is more we could not meet the demand of people due to low production and productivity. This is mainly due to the fact that pigeon pea is being mostly gxown in the traditional way by the majority of the farmers. There is still a big gap between achievable yields and achieved yields. Higher production could be possible only by understanding the trends of knowledge, adoption and constraints in the adoption of the pigeon pea production recommendations so that the necessary technological gaps could be plugged in desirable direction. Duly keeping _ in view the importance of cultivation, this study was undertaken to know the pigeon pea production recommendations. pigeon pea adoption of An ex-post facto research design was followed . Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh was purposively selected. Three mandals namely Kodangal, Doulatabad and Damargidda of Mahabubnagar district were also selected purposively . A total of 120 farmers were selected randomly from twelve villages of three selected mandals following proportionate random sampling technique. A pre-tested interview schedule with the measurement of selected variables was used for the collection of the required data. The following findings were emerged out of the study. Majority of the respondents belonged to middle age group, primary level of education with large family size having farming behaviour, scientific high social participation, big farm size, medium experience, nad medium level of information seeking innovativeness, risk preference, economic motivation, orientation and management ori entation. Majority of the respondents had medium level of knowledge and adoption of pigeon pea produ=t ion reco~~endations . Correlation analysis of independent variables with dependent variables i.e., knowledge and adoption indicated that education, social participation, farm size, farming experience, information seeking behaviour, innovativeness, risk preference, economic motivation, scientific orientation and management orientation had a positive and significant relationship. Whereas age was non-significant with knowledge and negatively significantly correlated with adoption. Family size was nonsignificant with knowledge and positively significant with adoption . Constraints in the adoption of pigeon pea production recommendations viz., non availability of varieties in time, involvement of more expenditure, lack of knowledge, lack of technical guidance, non availability of inputs in time, lack of time, non availability of sufficient quantities of FYM, non availability of labour in time, lack of irrigation facilities and high cost of chemicals were expressed by majority of the partial and non-adopters. Provision of subsidy on different agricultural inputs and credit facilities to the needy farmers, timely technical guidance evolving pest and disease resistant varieties and intensification of extension services by extension staff were some of the suggestions offered by the farmers in overcoming the constraints. In the light of the above findings there is a need on the part of extension personnel to educate and convince the farmers to adopt all the recommended practices by way of conducting demonstrations, training programmmes, field trips and exhibitions etc. Inview of the constraints reported by the farmers i.e., early maturing, drought resistant and pest and disease resistant varieties are urgently needed . So the researchers should take these necessary features into account .ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON THE ASSESSMENT OF TRAINING NEEDS AND JOB PERFORMANCE OF ICDS SUPERVISORS WORKING IN TELANGANA REGION OF ANDHRA PRADESH(ANDHRA PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD, 1992) VIJAYALAKSHMI, V; NARASIMHA REDDY, MThe supervisors occupy a key position in the hierarchial structure of !CDS scheme a-nd act as the most important catalysts for delivering the various services envisaged under the scheme. The achievement of this programme with regard to child development is greatly influenced by the job performance of these supervisors. Training is another major input which upgrades the job performance of these functionariies. As the supervisors attitude to training in conditioned by the. ir performance in job, an assessment of both these aspects can help the administrators of !CDS take corrective measures and ensure successful implementation of the programme. The present study makes an attempt to assess both training needs and job performance of !CDS supervisors working in Telengana region of Andhra Pradesh by following ex-post-facto research design. The training needs and job performance of supervisors was assessed by a combination of self, superior and subordinate ratings. The total sample comprised of 45 supervisors, 9 CDPOs (superiors) and 90 AWWs (subordinates). The data was collected with the help of an interview schedule developed for the study. Appropriate statistical tests were used to analyse the collected data. Following .findings emerged out of the study: Majority of the supervisors (53% and 76%) belonged to medium category with respect to their knowledge and skill training needs. Sixty s~ven per cent of supervisors performed their jobs to an average level. Significant associations were found among the supervisors, CDPOs and AWWs in assessment of training needs and job performance of supervisors. Training was perceived needful in certain aspects of the training areas, preschool education, nutrition and health, communiity involvement and community education and management. Job areas like service delivery, evaluation and helping AWWs were found to b~ comparitively performed at a lower level by the supervisors. While age, training undergone ยท and job rience showed a negative relationship, education a positive relationship with both knowledge and training needs of supervisors. expeshowed skill The variables, age, job experience, persistence disposition, and extension climate showed a positive relationshiip with job performance of supervisors. Education received by the supervisors was found to be negatively related with their job performance. Training undergone by the supervisors, their aspirations and attitude towards work showed a positive increase in the performance of their job. Suggestions given by the three categorieis of respondents to satisfy the training needs of supervisors include involvement of locals in the training programmes of supervisors and organisation of joint trainings for the functionariies of !CDS and officials from alli : ed departments. The present study emphasises the need for conducting refresher training programmes for the supervisors more frequently than before. It also suggests for the recruitment of Home science/Social work graduates as supervisors of !CDS programme to increase the output of work. In view of the above findings, the administrators and poliicy makers of !CDS programme need to take appropriate measures to organise need based training programmes for supervisors and improve their job performance by imparting skills in interpersonal relations, communication and supportive supervision and motivating them to perform better by creating more avenues through awards and rewards.