Impact of farmer field school on extent of adoption of improved practices by groundnut farmers
IMPACT OF FFS ON EXTENT OF ADOPTION OF IMPROVED PRACTICES BY GROUNDNUT FARMERS
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Authors
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S SREENIVASULU
School of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi-110 044
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P K JAIN
School of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi-110 044
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T P SASTRY
School of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi-110 044
Keywords:
Adoption, Farmer Field School, Groundnut, ImpactAbstract
The present study was conducted in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh to know the impact of Farmer Field School(FFS) on extent of adoption ofimproved practices by groundnutfarmers. The sample consisted oftwo groups of participants and non-participants(120 each group) making a totalsample size of 240 farmers. The study followed expost-facto research method. The resultsrevealed that half of the participant farmers were in the medium adoption category followed by high and low adoption categories whereas, lessthan half (45.83%) of non-participant farmers were in the medium adoption category followed by low and high adoption categories, respectively. Majority of the participant farmers had adopted the improved practices taught in FFS when compared to non-participant farmers. The 't' value (11.27) also indicated that therewassignificantmean difference between participant and non-participant farmers of FFS about adoption of improved practices of groundnut. It is concluded from the study that the season long FFS programme had positive impact on adoption ofimproved practicesin groundnut by the participantfarmers.
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