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Subject: Agricultural Extension Education × End date: 2013 × Start date: 2013 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    The impact of transformational leadership and innovative behavior on job performance of extension personnel
    (UAS Dharwad, 2013) Mohamed Saad Ali; L. Manjunath
    A study was taken up with the objectives to develop transformational leadership scale, innovative behavior scale and also to determine the influence of transformational leadership and innovative behavior on job performance of extension personnel. The sample consisted of 100 KSDA extension personnel and 100 UAS extension personnel who were selected by accidental meeting technique. The scales developed to measure the Transformational Leadership and Innovative behavior of both extension personnel of University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) and Karnataka State Department of Agriculture (KSDA) in this study were found reliable and valid. The questionnaire consisted of bio data schedule, transformational leadership scale, innovative behavior scale and job performance scale which were administrated on the sample through personal contact. The analysis of correlation, test, regression analysis and factor analysis were made use of for analysis of the data. The results revealed that the 6 to 7 extension personnel out of 10 extension personnel of UAS were high in transformational leadership, whereas 3 to 4 extension personnel out of 10 extension personnel of KSDA were high in transformational leadership. While, 3 to 4 extension personnel out of 10 extension personnel of UAS were high in innovative behavior, whereas 1 to 2 extension personnel out of 10 extension personnel of KSDA were high in innovative behavior. The majority (66.00%) of the extension personnel of both the categories belonged to high performance category. The variables education, information seeking behavior, transformational leadership and innovative behavior correlated significantly with job performance of extension personnel. Only two variables namely information seeking behavior and transformational leadership were found to be significant in explaining the variation in the job performance of extension personnel.
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    Analysis of livelihood security of rehabilitant farmers
    (UAS Dharwad, 2013) Jagadajyoti Binkadakatti; J. G. Angadi
    The present study was undertaken during the year 2012-13 in Upper Krishna Project (UKP) area of Bagalkot district of Karnataka state. The Ex-post facto research design was used for the study. In Bagalkot district, three Rehabilitation Centres (RC) were selected from each of Bagalkot, Biligi and Hungund taluks. Further, from each Rehabilitation Centre 20 rehabilitant farmers were selected to form a sample of 180 by using random sampling technique. The scale was developed and standardized to measure the Livelihood Security of rehabilitant farmers. Livelihood Security of the rehabilitant farmers was found to be 54.66 per cent. Among the components of Livelihood Security, physical capital (72.05%) and financial capital (68.28%) performed better, Human capital (63.59%) and social capital (55.24%) performed moderately and Natural capital performed poorly (48.77%). An equal (around thirty) per cent of rehabilitant farmers were found in all three categories (High, medium and low) of asset acquisition. Higher proportions of the rehabilitant farmers (41.67% and 36.67%) were found in high asset acquisition category in case of financial and physical capitals. Family size, extension contact, decision making pattern, risk orientation and awareness about developmental interventions had highly positive and significant relationship with the Livelihood Security of the rehabilitant farmers. With regard to developmental interventions, cent per cent of the rehabilitant farmers availed benefit with respect to construction of house (100%) and free electricity (100%). As high as 90.56 per cent of the rehabilitant farmers availed benefit of Income Generating Schemes (IGS) in case of training programmes. Only 13.89 per cent of the rehabilitant farmers took the benefit of Government job quota. Extend free household electricity supply (80.56%), extend loan waivers scheme to nationalized banks also (70.00%) and good quality drinking water facilities (63.89%) were the major suggestions provided by rehabilitant farmers to improve their Livelihood Security.