Impact of KVK Training Programme on Socio-Economic Status and Knowledge of Farmers in Khargone District of Madhya Pradesh

One of the main ways to development of human resource is training. It improves the knowledge of the trainees about the improved farm practices, because knowledge is the cognitive component of the individual's mind and plays an important role in covert as well as overt behaviour and individuals with a greater knowledge of the technical nature of improved practices would lead to a high adoption. The study was conducted under KVK, Khargone. The data were collected through personal interview method using structured schedule. The ex-post facto research design was employed in the present investigation. The entire data were transformed into normal scores. Study that the majority (71.20 per cent) of the on-campus trainees had high level of knowledge followed by medium level of knowledge (25.60 per cent) and low level of knowledge (3.20 per cent), whereas in case of off-campus trainees 78.40 per cent respondents had medium level of knowledge, 12 per cent had high level of knowledge followed by 9.60 per cent had low level of knowledge. Hence, it may be concluded that on-campus trainees had high level of knowledge than the off-campus trainees about KVK training programmes.