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ThesisItem Restricted An Evaluation Study of Farmer-Led-Extension Under Agricultural Technology Management Agencies in Punjab(College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2006) Singh Riar, Tejinder; Gill, SSThesisItem Restricted An Analytical study of the post-graduate curriculum in the discipline of extension education in India(Department of Extension Education College of Agriculture PAU, Ludhiana, 1983) Khurana, Gurbax Singh; Singh, RanjitThesisItem Open Access Retro-Active Measuremetn of the role of motivationinthe adoption of agricultural innovation by the farmers of ludhiana district(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1972) Balwant Singh; Sehal, T. SThesisItem Open Access A Study of socio-psychological value and some bigraphical characteristics in relation to adoption of farm Mechanization by the farmers of Ludhiana (Punjab)(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1972) Sohal, T. S; Singh, RanjitThesisItem Restricted Perspective of extension personnel and farmers regarding paddy and wheat residue burning in Punjab(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Lyngdoh, Lawanrisha; Dhaliwal, R.K.The research entitled “Perspective of extension personnel and farmers regarding paddy and wheat residue burning in Punjab” was undertaken with the objectives to study the perception and knowledge of extension personnel and farmers towards the effect of open burning in paddy and wheat cropping system, to identify the extension methods used by the extension personnel for the dissemination of various alternatives of paddy and wheat straw management and the constraints faced by the farmers in the adoption of paddy and wheat straw management alternatives and by the extension personnel in its dissemination along with suggestions. One hundred and fifty extension personnel (Agricultural Development Officers) were selected randomly from the state. From each zone, one district and further two villages were selected. From each village ten farmers were selected randomly. Thus, sixty farmers were selected randomly from three agro-climatic zones. The data was collected with the help of a questionnaire for the extension personnel and an interview schedule for the farmers. Findings of the study revealed that perception of the extension personnel and farmer respondents differ for the statements such as pest and pathogens can be controlled by straw burning, weeds can be controlled by open straw burning and burning of crop stubble decreases the yield of milk in milch animals as well as destroys forest trees while both respondents agreed that open burning of straw has a negative effect on plant health, air, human health, animal health, biodiversity, vehicular traffic and soil health. The study revealed that majority of the extension personnel and farmer respondents had medium level of knowledge regarding the economic effect of paddy straw, a high level of knowledge regarding environmental effect and medium level of knowledge regarding pictorial identification for paddy wheat straw management respectively. An overall analysis showed that majority of the respondents from both categories had medium level of knowledge. Personal visit and meetings/discussions were the most commonly employed methods by the extension personnel for the dissemination of various alternatives of paddy and wheat straw management. The findings revealed that the major constraints faced by the extension personnel in disseminating straw management alternatives were inadequate and irregular supply of funds, perceived ineffectiveness of technologies and lack of training facilities. While all the farmer respondents agreed that high transportation of the straw, high labour charges and crop residue interference with tillage and seeding operations were the major constraints in adoption of straw management techniques. The variables like education, service experience, extension contact, mass media and economic motivation showed a positive and highly significant correlation with knowledge while age of the farmer respondents was negatively and significantly correlated with knowledge. Also, a positive and significant relationship was found between the perception of the farmer respondents with education and ecological consciousness.ThesisItem Restricted Performance of elected members of Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) in implementation and monitoring of development schemes in Punjab(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Shukla, Namita; Sidhu, KiranjotPanchyati Raj Institutes play a vital role in implementation and monitoring of government scheme like MGNREGA, IAY and NRLM. In this context, the study was designed to assess the knowledge of PRI members regarding selected schemes and expected roles to be performed by members of three tiers along with the assessment of their actual role performance. The study was conducted in purposively selected two blocks from each of four selected districts of Punjab State. Sample consisted of 96Gam Panchayat, 48 Panchayat Samiti and 40 Zila Parishad elected members. Data collected using interview schedule revealed that knowledge of ZP members was highest both regarding the schemes and the roles to be performed. Members of different tiers differed significantly in their overall knowledge of the schemes , roles and their actual role performance. Education, media exposure, income of PRI members, family income, land ownership and previous experience of PRI members in system was significantly related with their knowledge of scheme and expected role along with the actual role performance. Age affected the actual role performance. Organisational membership, previous PRI involvement status was found to be significantly related to knowledge. Knowledge and actual role performance were positively and significantly related with each other. Lack of information was the major problem cited by the members and they suggested that capacity building exercises should be organized with enhanced use of ICT. There should be a horizontal and vertical flow of information through organization of workshops/ interactions before and after implementation of development schemes.ThesisItem Restricted Study on forest based resources for livelihood in lower Shivalik Hills(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Kandwal, Priyanka; Rampal, Vipan KumarThe study entitled “A study on forest based resources for livelihood in lower Shivalik hills” was undertaken with the objectives to study the socio-economic, situational and psychological aspects of the respondents and to analyze the existing pattern of forest based livelihood in lower Shivalik hills, to study the knowledge about forestry practices of the respondents and to study the problems faced by respondents related to forest based resources on livelihood. Two hundred and forty respondents from Hoshiarpur district, Punjab and Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh were selected using multistage random sampling design. The data were collected with the help of interview schedule. Findings of the study revealed that utilization of forest resources by majority of respondents was found to be high in both the districts whereas level of aspiration and adoption of forestry practices by majority of respondents was found to be medium. Attitude towards forestry was found to be favourable in both districts. Livelihood status of majority of respondents from both districts was found to be of medium category. Knowledge level was also found to be of medium category of majority of the respondents. Major problems related to forest based practices were Labour intensive and less remunerative, unsafe working environment and scarcity of transport facilities.ThesisItem Restricted Adoption status of protected vegetable cultivation technologies by the farmers of Punjab(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2017) Kamalpreet Kaur; Prabhjot KaurThesisItem Restricted A STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE OF THE SELECTED STATE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES IN INDIA(PAU Ludhiana, 2013) Sayanika Borah; Kiranjot, SidhuThe study was conducted in four state agricultural universities of India viz. PAU Punjab (North); ANGRAU, Andhra Pradesh (South); AAU, Assam (East) and MPAUT, Rajasthan (West) to study the variations in perceptions of the faculty and administrators regarding the importance of dimension of organizational climate along with their perception of prevailing and expected organizational climate. The data collected from the 216 faculty members and 60 administrators using a scale developed on 13 dimensions viz. communication, management of rewards, interpersonal relationships, control and supervision, orientation, decision making, leadership, policies and rules, innovation, physical facilities, team work, monetary gains and accountability/ evaluation revealed that communication followed by leadership, team work and physical facilities were the most important dimensions according to the faculty who ranked monetary gains, accountability/ evaluation, management of rewards and control and supervision as least important. Administrators ranked communication, leadership and decision making at the top and innovation, monetary gains and management of rewards at the least important. There was a good agreement between faculty and administrator of all selected SAU’s as well as between SAU’s in assigning ranks. Faculty perceived highest gap between the prevailing and expected climate with regard to orientation and monetary gains and lowest in management of rewards and interpersonal relationship, whereas administrators found it to be highest in monetary gains and lowest in decision making and communication. Age, income, job experience and training acquired were significantly related with the perception. Faculty suggested improvement in communication as one of the important ways to improve organizational climate.
