IMPACT OF AGRI ENTREPRENEUR TRAINING PROGRAM OF JEEViKA
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2023
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RPCAU, Pusa
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Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS) designated as the State Rural Livelihoods Mission is mandated to mobilize, empower and promote livelihoods for 1.5 crore rural poor families through sustainable Community-based Organisations and Farmer Producer Organisations. Agri Entrepreneur Training Program is a component of BRLPS commonly known as JEEViKA. An Agri Entrepreneur acts as a one-stop service provider for most of the agricultural needs of small and marginal farmers in JEEViKA. The study entitled, “Impact of Agri Entrepreneur Training Program of JEEViKA” has been conducted in Repura village of Sakra Block in Muzaffarpur District of Bihar consisting a total number of 140 women trainees as the sample of study. Formulation and Standardization of Knowledge Test Items was done using t-test and then reliability and validity were tested. The resulting reliability of 0.93 indicated that the Knowledge Test was highly reliable. The Content validity of 0.85 indicated a high level of content validity. Further the Pre and Post Knowledge Tests were fed to the trainees. Pre Knowledge-Test (T1) was fed to them just before undergoing the training and Post Knowledge-Test (T2) was fed to the same group immediately after the training. The dichotomous Knowledge items included in the Knowledge Test were quantified in terms of one score for the correct answer and zero for the incorrect one. The scores of Pre and Post Knowledge Tests were then calculated using Frequency, Percentage, Paired sample t-test and Chi-square for getting the results.
The results of pre and post knowledge tests reveals that, there is an enhancement in the knowledge level of respondents reducing the percentage of respondents under low-level category from 17.14% to 13.57% with a respective increase in the percentage of respondents under medium-level knowledge category the percentage rising from 65.72% to 67.15%. Finally, there has been an increase in the percentage of people with high-level knowledge, the percentage rising from 17.14 % to 19.28%. The study revealed that the overall knowledge level of the 140 respondents, the majority fall into the medium-level category, accounting for 69.28% of the total. Meanwhile, 18.58% of respondents have a high level of knowledge and 12.14% have a low level of knowledge. The mean score before the training (Pre-Knowledge Test) was 23.72 and the mean score after completing the training (Post Knowledge Test) was 41.73. This shows significant increase of 18.01 mean score. The t-value obtained from the analysis was found to be 46.81* which is considered significant at 1% level of significance. The results of Chi-square test depicted that the Agri Entrepreneur Training Package of JEEViKA had a significant impact on trained women at 1% level of corresponding Chi-square value of 97.759* at 1 degree of freedom. It was concluded that the Agri Entrepreneur Training Program had a significant and positive effect on women's knowledge level.