National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Agriculture extension is one of such development efforts taken up by government and non-government agencies that aim at reaching farming community for bringing about an increased level to total as well as per unit agricultural production. These efforts include bringing about a positive change in knowledge, attitude and skills of all those engaged in farming related operations by means of providing training and technical advice and also assisting farmers in taking decisions regarding adoption and integration of new research results/extension message to farm conditions. The agriculture extension services in India which originally intended to serve the farming community as a whole had failed to reach farm women, as the extension personnel faced constrains in reaching the rural women. Thus the study was undertaken to study the Constraints faced by agricultural extension personnel in reaching farm women. For the study 125 Government officials having complete knowledge on the operation of the agricultural extension services were selected purposively. Coverage of too many target groups by one agent, too much official work in addition to field work, lack of technology suitable for farm women were the three major constraints faced by the village level extension workers and agriculture development officers. The study revealed that coverage of too many target groups by one agent, too much official work in addition to field work, lack of technology suitable for farm women were the three major constraints faced by the village level extension workers and agriculture development officers. The finding also shows that lack of technology suitable for women farmers, lack of knowledge in understanding problems and needs of farm women, lack of essential teaching and communication equipment are the constraints faced by administrator and Senior Agriculture Development Officer.
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