Training in Agriculture Sector-Analysis of Trainees’ Perception from Lower Dibang Valley

Lower Dibang Valley is the tenth least populous district in India. It is one of the administrative district of Arunachal Pradesh. This district is well known for Sub-tropical fruits like kiwi, pineapple, guava, litchi, banana, oranges etc across and beyond the state. Keeping agricultural potentialities of the district, various government departments have been organising frequent training programs for the growers. Agriculture training helps farmers to produce and sell off their farms produce more efficiently. It also provides confidence to undertake risk involved in introducing production technology and diversifying their productive activity and earn more stable income. During the present study it is found that around 42 percent of the respondents were satisfied with the training process. 34 percent of the respondents agreed that the performance of the trainers were adequate. Also, 28 percent of the respondents were unhappy with the toolkits and incentives. Whereas, 54 percent of the respondents are found to have helped through training programs in enhancing their knowledge base and skills. Likewise, about 35 percent of the trainee respondents agreed of the evaluation process to be satisfactory. With this background, the paper makes an attempt to discuss agricultural training program conducted in Lower Dibang Valley. Further, it endeavors to assess perception of trainees on agricultural training program.