Journal of Krishi Vigyan
Open Access
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

Attitude of beneficiary farmers towards activities of krishi vigyan kendra of Dang District

1Scientist (Extension Education & Agronomy), Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Navsari Agricultural University, Waghai, Dang, Gujarat

2Asst. Prof. (Microbiology), College of Agriculture, Waghai, Dang

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Navsari Agricultural University, Waghai, Dang-394710 (Gujarat)

*Corresponding Author's Email: dobariyajignesh@yahoo.com

Online published on 29 September, 2018.

Abstract

The present study was conducted in dang district of Gujarat state with 120 respondents, 10 from each village were purposively selected from Waghai, Ahwa and Subir taluka by random sampling techniques. Sixty beneficiaries and 60 non-beneficiaries were selected for the study. The respondents were personally interviewed with a well-structured and pre-tested interview schedule. From the study, it was observed that majority of beneficiary's farmers (70.0%) and more than half of non beneficiary farmers (57.0%) had favourable attitude toward KVK activities. The significant ‘t’ value (3.032) suggested that beneficiary farmer group had more favourable attitude toward various activities of KVK than non beneficiary farmer group. According to practice wise, the productivity of crops was increased by the advice of scientists working at KVK was on the top most statement according to relative importance in the scale for both beneficiary and non beneficiary farmers. It was inferred that the various activities had influenced in developing the favourable disposition towards KVK among beneficiary farmers.

Keywords

Attitude, Beneficiary, Farmers, Activities, Dang