1Ph. D student, Department of Agricultural Extension, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad
2Professor & University Head, Extension Education Institute, Hyderabad
3Head, Extension Systems Management Division, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad
Online published on 27 April, 2020.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra's (KVK's) are integral part of Indian agricultural extension system in India. There are several studies measuring impact of KVK on farmers, but often they are location specific and based on small samples limiting their usefulness. With an objective of synthesising many studies on impact of KVK's and to arrive at statistically valid estimate of impact, a meta-analysis of available literature conducted. The systematic review procedure, resulted in 33 unique studies related to impact of KVK activities on farmers. The meta-analysis results revealed that the farmers who are beneficiaries of KVK activities like ‘on farm testing’, ‘front line demonstration’, ‘trainings'and other KVK activities are 2.62 times, 3.40 times, 1.37 times and 2.01 times more probable to fall in high socio economic status, knowledge level, extent of adoption and farmer's income score category, compared to non-beneficiary farmers. Thus, the paper concludes that the KVK's activities have positive impact on farmers of India to have higher socio-economic status with improved knowledge level, extent of adoption of scientific technologies and farmer's income.
Farmers, impact, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, KVK activities, meta-analysis, systematic review, socio-economic status
