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Anand Agricultural University, Anand

Anand Agricultural University (AAU) was established in 2004 at Anand with the support of the Government of Gujarat, Act No.(Guj 5 of 2004) dated April 29, 2004. Caved out of the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU), the dream institution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. K. M. Munshi, the AAU was set up to provide support to the farming community in three facets namely education, research and extension activities in Agriculture, Horticulture Engineering, product Processing and Home Science. At present there seven Colleges, seventeen Research Centers and six Extension Education Institute working in nine districts of Gujarat namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Dahod, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Mahisagar, Botad and Chhotaudepur AAU's activities have expanded to span newer commodity sectors such as soil health card, bio-diesel, medicinal plants apart from the mandatory ones like rice, maize, tobacco, vegetable crops, fruit crops, forage crops, animal breeding, nutrition and dairy products etc. the core of AAU's operating philosophy however, continues to create the partnership between the rural people and committed academic as the basic for sustainable rural development. In pursuing its various programmes AAU's overall mission is to promote sustainable growth and economic independence in rural society. AAU aims to do this through education, research and extension education. Thus, AAU works towards the empowerment of the farmers.

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Subject: Agricultural Extension × Author: Darji Ayusheeben Rajeshkumar × End date: 2018 × Start date: 2018 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    GROUP DYNAMICS OF FARMERS INTEREST GROUPS UNDER ATMA IN AHMEDABAD DISTRICT OF GUJARAT STATE
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, ANAND, 2018) Darji Ayusheeben Rajeshkumar; Dr. J. K. Patel
    Looking to the importance of group led extension in recent era, there are wide scopes for the extension functionaries to adopt group approach for effective, efficient and time bound extension services. Farmer Interest Groups (FIGs) are the key factor in transfer of agricultural technology even though their sustainability is a major concern for extension bodies. In spite of the challenges that each group faced during the development phase, these groups shared factors that contributed to success. On the other hand, there might be certain problems in using these groups in extension services. The role of extension officers in supporting farmers is to set up and run their interest groups. Therefore there is a need to analyze the situation and factors responsible for effectiveness of group dynamics of FIGs working under ATMA. Hence, greater emphasis should be laid on educating the extension functionaries working under ATMA about various aspects of group dynamics and factors associated with effective group formation. One way by which extension scientists can contribute to this task, is to find out better ways and means of promoting effective and efficient group of farmers by finding out the factors responsible of group dynamics effectiveness of FIGs under ATMA. Thus, one can find the unfavorable factors in the environment of extension pose for additional pressure. For generating information on this dimension, the present research study on “Group Dynamics of Farmers Interest Groups under ATMA in Ahmedabad District of Gujarat State” was undertaken with following specific objectives.