Knowledge Level of Beneficiary Farmers Regarding the Activities of Agricultural Technology Information Centre, UAS, Bangalore.

Autor: KANNUR, CHITRASHREE, NAGARAJ, K. H., GOWDA, N. S. SHIVALINGE
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Zdroj: Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Oct2019, Vol. 53 Issue 4, p89-93, 5p
Abstrakt: The study focusing on Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC), UAS-B was conducted during 2019. Ninety beneficiary farmers who visited ATIC during the last three years were selected purposively to elicit the knowledge level of beneficiary farmers towards ATIC. It was found that nearly half (42.22%) of the beneficiary farmers belonged to medium level of knowledge category, while nearly one fourth (25.56 %) of them belonged to low and the remaining 32.22 per cent of them belonged to high level of knowledge category. Further a great majority of the beneficiary farmers (91.11 %) had knowledge that ATIC provides consultancy services, followed by 87.78 per cent of the beneficiary farmers who had correct knowledge with respect to areas of services provided by ATIC. More than three fourth of the beneficiary farmers (77.78%) had knowledge that ATIC provides recent varieties followed by 76.67 percent of beneficiary famers who had knowledge that ATIC provides ready made seed kits. only few of the beneficiary farmers had correct knowledge with respect to agri-portal service (16.67%) and availability of feedback services (17.78 %). More than 50 per cent of the farmers had correct knowledge with respect to availability of planting materials, biofertilizers, availability of literature related to agriculture and allied aspects. Variables such as scientific orientation, achievement motivation, innovative proneness and extension contact had significant association with knowledge level of beneficiary farmers regarding the activities of ATIC at one per cent level of significance. While farming experience, information seeking behaviour, extension participation, education and risk orientation had significant association at five per cent level of significance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index