Impact of diploma in agricultural extension services for input dealers (DAESI) programme in disadvantaged districts of Madhya Pradesh

The study assessed the impact of Diploma in Agricultural Extension Services for Input Dealers (DAESI) Programme in Disadvantaged Districts of Madhya Pradesh. The study was conducted in 2019-20 and the data was collected from 200 DAESI and Non-DAESI input dealers from Balaghat and Mandla district of M.P. It was revealed from the data that higher percentage (56.00%) of DAESI input dealers had medium level of knowledge followed by 40.00 per cent of dealers with high level of overall knowledge. Just contrary of that, in case of Non-DAESI dealers 50.00 per cent of dealers had low level of knowledge followed by (48.00%) of input dealers had medium level of knowledge. Also it was reported there is significant difference in the knowledge level of the DAESI and Non-DAESI input dealers. The DAESI dealers had more knowledge on different fields of agriculture as compared to Non-DAESI input dealers. Therefore it could be concluded that there is a positive and significant impact of DAESI programme in increasing the overall level of knowledge of input dealers on various fields of agriculture.