Vol. 5 (5) : September-October 2014 issue
Green Farming Vol. 5 (5) : 942-945 ; September-October, 2014
Corollary study on effectiveness of farm broadcast in agricultural technology among the farmers
S.K. GARGa1*, D.P. RAIa2, S.K. BADODIYAb3 and V.V. GONJARIc4
aDeptt. of Technology Transfer, Faculty of Agri., M.G. Chitrakoot Gramoday Vishwavidyalaya, Satna - 485 331 (M.P.)
bDeptt. of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, R.V.S. Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior - 474 002 (M.P.)
cAgricultural Energy and Power Division, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal - 462 038 (M.P.)
Designation : 1Ph.D. Scholar *(agrisanjeev75@gmail.com), 2Head & Assoc. Professor, 3Asstt. Professr, 4SRF
Subject : Agriculture Extension Education
Paper No. : P-1738
Total Pages : 4
Received : 31 March 2014
Revised accepted : 22 September 2014
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Citation :
S.K. GARG, D.P. RAI, S.K. BADODIYA and V.V. GONJAR. 2014. Corollary study on effectiveness of farm broadcast in agricultural technology among the farmers. Green Farming Vol. 5 (5) : 942-945 ; September-October, 2014
ABSTRACT
Information plays a vital role in field of agriculture and radio is very cheapest and important source of dissemination of information. The present study was conducted during 2011 and 2012 in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh. The total sample consisted of 300 respondents spread over 20 villages of the district. Data were collected with the help of structured interview schedule. The majority of the respondents 58.33 percent perceived medium effectiveness of farm broadcast category in transfer of agricultural technology. The zero order correlation coefficient were determined between independent variables i.e. age, education, family background, social participation, occupation, land holding, annual income, credit orientation, economic status, attitude towards farm broadcast, extension participation, belief in broadcast, knowledge about farm broadcast were found significant relationship with dependent variable-effectiveness of farm broadcast at 1% level of probability whereas caste, family size and type family were no significant relationship with dependent variable- effectiveness of farm broadcast. The coefficient of multiple determinations (R2) shows that all eleven variables jointly explain 81.00 per cent of the variation in effectiveness of farm broadcast. In this study, preferences about different aspects of farm broadcast included - time of broadcast, duration, modes of presentation and language of the broadcast. Majority (66.67%) of the respondents suggested that use of local language during broadcasting the programme.
Key words :
Corollary study, Effectiveness, Farm broadcast, Radio listeners, Transfer of agricultural technology.