Effectiveness of trainings on knowledge gain about milk processing

In order to evaluate effectiveness of scientific trainings on knowledge gain about milk processing, 60 farmers from on campus trainings were selected. Majority of trainees (46.67 %) were less than 30 years of age and 65 per cent trainees had annual income between 1-6 lakh. Significant increase in the proportion of correct responses given for different knowledge statements was observed. There was significant (P<.01) increase in knowledge index from 11.93 ± 1.54 before training to 54.53 ± 1.37 after training with a knowledge gain of 42.60 ± 1.42. Further, it was clearly seen that training interaction with mass media exposure and extension agency contact had significant impact on the scores obtained before and after training.