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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 Open Access Impact of citrus estates on the beneficiaries in Punjab(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2019) Gurvinder Singh; Bhalla, J.S.Horticulture is best growing sector within the agriculture and it contributing towards poverty alleviation, nutritional security. Citrus fruits originated from tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Punjab government established five Citrus Estates in Fazilika, Shri Muktsar Sahib and Hoshiarpur districts to promote citrus crop and facilitate the beneficiaries. This study entitled, “Impact of citrus estates on the beneficiaries in Punjab” was planned to find out the knowledge and adoption of the beneficiaries about citrus production practices, impact and effectiveness of evaluation and to find out the constraints perceived by the beneficiaries. A stratified multistage random sampling design was used was used to select the respondents. From each Citrus Estates, 40 beneficiaries were selected and in this way total 200 beneficiaries were selected. It was found from the study that the age of respondent beneficiaries varied from 27-56 years , maximum 24.5 per cent beneficiaries were educated up to graduation and higher proportion of the total beneficiaries were falling under semi-medium operational land holding. From the entire five Citrus Estates, maximum 35.5 per cent respondent beneficiaries had experience of 5 to 8 years of citrus cultivation and 42.0 per cent of the respondent beneficiaries had 1 to 5 acres area under citrus crop. Study also indicated that the maximum respondent had medium knowledge and medium extent of adoption about recommended citrus production practices. Regarding different aspects of production technology beneficiaries had maximum knowledge about citrus harvesting and maximum extend of adoption regarding citrus plantation whereas minimum knowledge and adoption was found in fruit drop & growth regulators aspects. Technical constraints ranked first with highest average mean score of 2.271among the five constraint areas. It is a need of hour, to make export policy for citrus produce and need to build pack-house and storage facility to promote the crop.ThesisItem 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 Kaur
