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TRAINING NEEDS OF FARM WOMEN IN KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA

J.S. Rajput, S.K. Latoria, Prabhakar Sharma & M.S. Kakran

Abstract

Women are responsible for most of the inside and outside activities. They play a very important role in agriculture. They contribute nearly 50 per cent of the agricultural operations. Considering Women’s involvements in wide range of agricultural activities, it is evident that production potential can be realized if women get the necessary training(s). The present study was conducted in Krishi Vigyan Kendra of Aron block, district Guna (M.P.) for wheat crop. The study concludes that the practices like, storage of wheat grain, harvesting, sowing method, seed treatment and sowing time in which farm women received training from K.V.K. contributed major role in reducing overall knowledge gap. It was assessed during the study that the main area in which the farm women needed training ‘most essential’ was knowledge of improved varieties. Spacing, plant protection measures, weed control, rotation and intercropping, marketing, intercultural operation, primary tillage operation, manures and fertilizers, sowing time, threshing and winnowing, sowing method and seed treatment, irrigation and drainage and harvesting were the main areas of wheat cultivation in which training was perceived as ‘ essential’ by the farm women.

Keyword: Farm women, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Knowledge gap, Training needs, Skill-oriented

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