Effect of Training on knowledge and Adoption of Value addition Technology

Value addition in agriculture predominantly offers a means to increase, rejuvenate, and stabilize farm income. The aim of the study was to know the effect of KVK training programmes on knowledge and adoption by rural women of value addition technology. The present study was carried out at KVK, Kollam, 150 beneficiary and non beneficiary rural women were selected for the study. The present investigation was based on the experimental design of social research considering beneficiary as experimental group and non-beneficiaries as a control group. The data revealed that majority of trained women had high level of knowledge with respect to making vegetable cutlet, chicken cutlet, grape wine, lemon pickle and fish pickle than the untrained participants. It was concluded that there is significant role of KVK in promotion of improved production practices of value added products and ensuring their adoption.