IMPACT ANALYSIS OF FRONT LINE DEMONSTRATIONS OF KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA ON BENEFICIARY FARMERS IN BELAGAVI DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA
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2017-08-03
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
Abstract
The present study has been conducted during the year 2016-17, in four taluks of
Belagavi district namely Gokak, Athani, Hukkeri and Savadatti. From the four taluks 120
farmers were selected spreading in twelve villages. The findings of the study revealed
that 45.00 per cent of the beneficiary farmers belonging to high categories of Knowledge,
Adoption, Yield improvement, economic improvement and social recognition after the
conduct of FLDs. The front line demonstrations has made significant impact on cropping
intensity from single crop to double crop. With respect to cropping pattern in Kharif
season, the crops like Sugarcane, Turmeric, Soybean increased about 10.00, 11.66 and
9.16 per cent respectively and in Rabi, Wheat crop about 12.50 per cent and in Summer,
Maize about 13.33 per cent increased and there is significant increased in farm power
like, sprayer, irrigation pumpset and farm animals. The results on relationship between
overall impact of FLDs with the personal socio-psychological characteristic of the
beneficiary farmers, indicated that there is positive and significant relationship with their
education, family type, innovativeness, cosmopolitensss, economic motivation, risk
orientation, achievement motivation, management orientation and information seeking
behaviour and the independent variables has 69.58 per cent contribution towards the
overall impact of FLDs. The major constraint expressed by the beneficiary farmers was
non availability of labour and the suggestion offered was developing labour saving
technologies.
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