The Extension programmes in India are male dominated and predominantly oriented towards male farmers which have led to lack of access to information, education and training of farm women. Although farm women play an integral role in farm management, in general, they are “ economically inactiveâ€ due to various cultural and social constraints. Hence, an investigation was carried out in five selected KVKs from different agro-climatic zones of Uttar Pradesh to study the impact of communication channels on the willingness of the family heads towards participation of women in on-campus and off-campus training programmes. The study revealed that increased contacts with friends and relatives resulted in greater willingness to send female wards for off-campus trainings, whereas contacts with neighbors, friends and relatives discouraged head of family to send their female wards for on-campus (with staying) training programme. Similarly those who had greater contacts with friends and relatives were less willing to send their female wards for on-campus training programme (without staying) while exposure to radio encouraged them to do so.

Keyword: Communication channel; Fa