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Subject: Agricultural Extension × End date: 1981 × Start date: 1981 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Influence of leaders in the development of rural areas
    (Department Of Agricultural Extension, College Of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1981) Shilaja, S; KAU; Tampi, A M
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    Study on the impact of national demonstration programme on paddy cultivation in Trichur District
    (Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1981) Kamarudeen, M; KAU; Tampi, A M
    The investigation was undertaken in Trichur district, Kerala, to study the impact of National Demonstration Programme in paddy cultivation among the farmers neighbouring to the demonstration plots. The objective of the investigation were to study. 1. The level of knowledge of farmers neighbouring to the demonstration plots on the selected practices of paddy demonstrated under the programme. 2. The attitude of farmers neighbouring to the demonstration plots towards the selected practices of paddy demonstrated under the programme. 3. The extent of adoption of the selected demonstrated practices of paddy by the farmers neighbouring to the demostration plots. 4. The relatinship between the characteristics of farmers and level of knowledge , attitude and extent of adoption. The study revealed that the neighbour farmers were superior to the control farmers in respect of their level of knowledge on the demonstrated cultivation practices of paddy. Out of the eleven independent variables selected , education, social participation, contact with extensionagencies, information source utilisation, scientific orientation , risk preference and management orientation had positive and significant relationship with level of knowledge.
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    Study on the influence of labour efficiency on the adoption of improved agricultural practices by farmers and factors related with it
    (Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1981) Padmanabhan, V B; KAU; Thangarajan, Nair G
    This study on the influence ox labour efficiency on tho adoption of improved agricultural practices by faraaars and factors related with it was designed to measure the relationship between efficiency of agricultural labourers and extent of adoption of the recommended practices of crops gram by the farmers employing them, as well as to study fcne factors associated with the efficiency of agricultural labourers. This study was conducted in Attiagal and Edava I.F.D, Unit areas in Trivandrum District.