TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF TOBACCO PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY BY TOBACCO GROWERS
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2005
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AAU, Anand
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Present era is known as science and technology, where knowledge and skill is being generated in every field at an amazing speed. The emerging knowledge and technology become the strategic resources for accelerating the pace of advancement. So far, it signifies immense importance of speedy and effective transfer of technology and knowledge to the users. "The only way this can be done is through education and training". Hence, a farmer training fits very well in the present context of agricultural extension strategy and has become a significant variable directly influencing the agricultural development. A training program originates with the needs of the training and conducting with its fulfillment. Hence, training needs is the foundation on which the entire training program rests. Thus, the present research study was planned with the following specific objectives: 1. To study the personal and socio-economic characteristics of the tobacco growers. 2. To study the information sources utilized by the tobacco growers. 3. To identify training needs of the tobacco growers. 4. To study relationship if any between personal and socioeconomic characteristics of the tobacco growers and training needs of tobacco growers. 5. To know relative importance of independent variables in assessment of training needs of the tobacco growers. 6. To know direct and indirect effect of independent variables on training needs of the tobacco growers. 7. To ascertain the constraints faced by the tobacco growers in adoption of tobacco cultivation. 8. To know suggestions of the tobacco growers to overcome various constraints faced by them, in tobacco cultivation. The present study was conducted in randomly selected 12 villages of Mahudha taluka of Kheda district. A random sample from 12 villages was selected for the study. The data were collected with the help of interview schedule by conducting personal interview in the month of Feb.-March 2005. For measurement of independent and dependent variables, appropriate scales developed and adopted by other research scientists were used with due modifications. The data were percent, standard deviation, correlation of coefficient, step wise regression and path analysis.
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Extension Education, Agriculture, A Study