Comparison of Overall Knowledge about Improved Agricultural Practices of Wheat Production Technology of Beneficiaries and Non Beneficiaries’ Farmers at KVK Operational Area Banswara and Dungarpur Districts of South Rajasthan

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Banswara and Dungarpur of southern Rajasthan are engaged in providing skill oriented vocational trainings to the farmers, farm women and rural youth since 1983 and 1992 respectively in their operational areas. The present study was planned to see the effectiveness of training programmes organized by KVKs on wheat crop for tribal farmers of southern Rajasthan. For this purpose, 120 beneficiary tribal farmers and 120 non beneficiary tribal farmers were selected for the present study from the two tribal population dominated district namely Banswara and Dungarpur. Findings of the study showed the significant difference between beneficiary tribal farmers and non- beneficiary tribal farmers regarding their level of over all knowledge about improved cultivation practices of wheat production technology. It shows the effectiveness of the training programmes organized by KVKs.