Impact of Soybean Production Technology Dissemination through Front Line Demonstrations in Malwa Region of M P

The study was undertaken to investigate the impact of front line demonstrations on scientific temperament of the soybean growers. A total of 90 respondents (45 farmers from KVK adopted and 45 farmer non adopted villages) were selected. It was found that the scientific temperament of the farmers from the adopted village was higher than the non-adopted village. It indicated that there was an impact of FLD programme among the soybean growers. The study also revealed that the selected profile characteristics viz; education, social participation, extension participation and mass media exposure were apt and contributed to about 77 per cent of the variation in the scientific temperament of the soybean growers. Therefore, it is suggested that these factors may be taken into considered while selecting farmers for conducting a technology dissemination programme.