Present study conducted in purposively selected two villages Kolayat and Jhajhu of Kolayat Panchayat Samiti of Bikaner district was an attempt to provide knowledge regarding value addition for preventing losses of fruits and vegetables. Experts judged that developed distance education package as good. The overall mean weighed scores of Module I and II was 4.34 and 4.53, respectively out of the total score of 5. In both pre and post test the majority of the respondents fall in the category of medium level of knowledge. After exposure of the distance education package, knowledge of respondents about value addition was significantly increased. The distance education package was found to be very effective in providing knowledge regarding value addition

Keyword: Effectiveness; Distance e