1PG Scholar, Department of Agriculture Extension Education, School of Agriculture Sciences, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences, Mhow-Indore, Madhya Pradesh
2Ph.D Scholar, Agriculture Extension Education, MGU, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
3Major Advisor, Department of Agriculture Extension Education, School of Agriculture Sciences, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences, Mhow-Indore, Madhya Pradesh
In India Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) is a big public extension system, which is attempt to converge various extension service providing agencies, research institutes, NGOs, and other such agencies at district level with the farming community. The requirement of farmers’ organization has grown importance in this connection. The major aim of the activities of ATMA is to bring about desirable changes in attitude, knowledge and adoption pattern of the targeted farming community. Hence, it is worthwhile to assess the knowledge vegetables crop production technologies. In Indore district comprises five blocks out of that Indore block selected purposively due to maximum number of ATMA beneficiaries registered in this block during the last five years (according district ATMA office). Since, A cluster often villages panchayats were selected purposively the basis of higher concentration of beneficiaries of ATMA activities i.e., demonstration, farmer field school capacity development programme etc. A village panchayats wise list of ATMA beneficiaries prepared with the help of ATMA Office. The major constraints faced by the respondents in relation to vegetable production through ATMA programme appeared were as, lack of improved quality seeds, market facilities poor at village level, Storage facilities available in village level and many other and out of many views given by the respondents for improvement of ATMA activities the important suggestions are appeared followed by telling the vegetable production techniques to the respondents from time to time, proper guide to respondents about plant protection measures in vegetable production.
ATMA, Knowledge, Vegetable crops, Production technology, Constraints, Suggestions