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Farm Women’s Assessment of On-Campus Training Programmes Conducted by Farmer Training Centre, Junagadh

Khushboo Bhati, B. N. Kalsariya and Meenu Maheshwaran

Abstract

To assess the opinions of farm women on different aspects of trainings organized by Farmer Training Centre (FTC), Junagadh, the present study was conducted using ex-post facto research design during 2019-2020. The multistage and purposive sampling technique was used for the study. Total eight villages and 240 farm women respondents were selected from Junagadh district for the study. It can be concluded from the study that majority of the farm women were interested in off campus training as compared to on campus training programmes. The research showed that out of total, 24.16 per cent of the farm women strongly agreed that staff of the FTC was cooperative, 21.66 per cent of them agreed with management of the training by FTC was good. Majority agreed that lessons were conducted as per the plan (47.00%), content of the training was relevant (46.00%). Training followed by demonstration (75.83%) and use of training aids (77.00%) were most prioritized by farm women. The major suggestions given by farm women to improve training programme were; more practical classes, fi eld visit and demonstration should be organized, followed by method demonstration must be used for complex technologies, more emphasis should be given on practical, female trainers should be preferred.

Keyword: Training logistic; Farmer Training Centre; Feedback; Evaluation.

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