Impact of Training Programmes of KVKs in Terms of Adoption of Technologies: A Gender Analysis
Sulekha . *
PG Department of Agriculture, General Shivdev Singh Diwan Gurbachan Singh Khalsa College, Patiala, Punjab – 147001, India.
Amit Kumar
Department of Agriculture, N. J. (P.G.) College Mawana, U.P. - 250401, India.
Prakash Chandra
Department of Agriculture, Programme Assistant (Fisheries) Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sitamarhi, Bihar-843320, India.
Dileep Gupta
Department of Agriculture, Extension SPRPD College Gahrauli, Hamirpur, U.P, India.
Manoj Kumar
Department of Agriculture, Geust Faculty, Gola Campus, CSAUT, Kanpur, U.P, India.
Prem Nath
Department of Agriculture, Techanical Assistant Ayodhya, U.P, India.
Kamlesh Kumar Yadav
Department of Agriculture, Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib Punjab, India - 140407, India.
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Abstract
The present study was conducted to determine the impact of training programmes of KrishiVigyan Kendra’s (KVKs-Farm Science Centres) in terms of adoption of technologies as a result gender analysis. This study was undertaken with a view on 200 respondents selected by random sampling technique from four KVKs i.e. western (Bhiwani and Fatehabad) and eastern (Rohtak and Jhajjar) zones of Haryana in India. Out of total 29 areas in which both male and female respondents attended trainings, female participation was more in three areas of trainings i.e. value addition, processing and cooking and cutting and tailoring whereas in rest all of the trainings male participation was more. In case of eastern zone KVKs, 35.0 and 23.0 per cent male and female respondents were partial followed by no adoption (12.0% male and 14.0% female) and full (12.0% and 4.0%) adoption of technologies. Pooled data revealed that 31.5 and 25.0 per cent male and female had partial followed by no (11.0% male and 13.5% female) and full adoption (15.5 % male and 3.5% female) of demonstrated technologies.
Keywords: Training programmes, KVKs, adoption of technologies, gender-participation