DEVELOPMENT OF NEED BASED TRAINING MODULE FOR FARMERS REGARDING FARM FORESTRY
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2011
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Punjab Agricultural University
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The present study entitled “Development of need based training module for farmers regarding farm forestry” was undertaken to ascertain the training need of farmers regarding farm forestry, utility of the existing Package of Practices on recommendations of farm forestry as perceived by the farmers and develop the training module for farmers regarding farm forestry for the cultivation of eucalypt and poplar. A sample of 160 farmers including 80 adopters and 80 non-adopters was drawn from 8 randomly selected villages from 2 blocks of Ludhiana district. The data were collected by using distributed questionnaire approach. Knowledge test was to assess the training needs of adopters and non-adopters. Majority of the adopters and non-adopters were belonging to 25-35 years age group. Training need intensity of the adopters was found to be high in the area of harvesting and marketing and low in the area of irrigation for both poplar and eucalypt cultivation. Training need intensity of the non-adopters was found to be high in the area of climate and soil requirements, field planting, plant protection measures, harvesting and marketing for both poplar and eucalypt cultivation. Further training need intensity in case of poplar cultivation was high in the areas of nursery raising and training need intensity in case of eucalypt cultivation was high in the area of propagation. Training needs intensity of the non-adopters was found to be low in the area of irrigation for eucalypt cultivation. The overall training need intensity was found to be more in non-adopters as compared to the adopters. Based on the training need intensity of the farmers a module on various practices was prepared. It will be useful for the farmers engaged in farm forestry. It will also helpful for the extension personnel to train and educate the farmers regarding poplar and eucalypt cultivation.
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extension, eucalypt cultivation