Extension Activities applied for Transfer of Technologies among Farming Community of Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh

In India extension activities are important tools for dissemination of agricultural based technologies for increase the production productivity of a piece of land. This investigation was an attempt to study the impact of agricultural extension activities applied for transfer of technologies among farming community of Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh. This study was conducted in five adopted villages of four blocks i.e. Gosaiganj, Mohanlalganj, Mall and Malihabad of Lucknow district. Total two hundred respondents were randomly selected @ ten respondents from each village. On the basis of their responses relative credibility index were calculated. In this study maximum respondents were in the age of 30-45 yr with approximately equal participation of male and female having land holding marginal to small with low income. The frequency of visit or contact at different agricultural agencies like KVK,FPOs, SHGs, input dealers, district agriculture officials, NGOs, block level agriculture department and village panchayat members were evaluated and ranked. The maximum visits 93.5 per cent was at KVK which denotes that the respondents ranked it first among different agricultural agencies, those were working for knowledge up-gradation. Majority of farmers participated in farmers fair (80.5%) albeit relative credibility index was found highest for demonstration activity i.e., 1.14. It means demonstrations were most effective method of transfer of technologies.