The present study was conducted to assess the impact of training programme organized by Punjab Agricultural University for FCI personnel. The impact was measured in terms of gain in knowledge. All the trainees (180) of the training programme organized by Directorate of Extension Education, PAU, and Ludhiana during the period of 5 month (Oct, 2014 to Feb 2015) were the respondents of the study. A Knowledge test was prepared with the help of concerned resource persons and using the well-established. Knowledge index was calculated to access the cognitive domains of respondents in terms of knowledge about safe storage and quality. Data revealed that maximum knowledge index of 86.67 was in case of milling, procurement and marketing and minimum (68.20) was in insect/pest and diseases. It is clear from the pre and post knowledge test that knowledge level of the respondents shifted from low to medium knowledge category and medium to high knowledge category. The tabulated t-value for all pre and post mean knowledge score is also significant at 5 per cent level of significance which shows the effectiveness of the training programme.
FCI personnel, Impact, Knowledge index, Knowledge test, Training, T-test
