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Impact Assessment of IARI-Voluntary organizations Partnership Extension Model: A Multidimensional Study

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Title Impact Assessment of IARI-Voluntary organizations Partnership Extension Model: A Multidimensional Study
 
Creator MADAN SINGH
 
Contributor B. K. Singh
 
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Description t-9788
The demand for information on agricultural practices and technology among the farmers is
increasing day by day but fulfillment of these demands exclusively by public agricultural
extension system is limited. Insufficient human and financial resources, bureaucratic nature of
extension workers, and huge load of administrative responsibilities on field level workers have
rendered the public extension services as supply driven rather than demand driven. In the present
scenario voluntary organisations have emerged as an integral part of the institutional structure
for addressing poverty and rural development due to their proximity to the grassroots level, their
ability to identify felt needs of the rural people and their efficient and cost effective mode of
operation. To addressing the challenges of public extension system ICAR-IARI conceived an
innovative approach IARI-voluntary organizations partnership extension model to disseminate
improved technologies to remotely located farmers in partnership with voluntary organizations.
The study was conducted to assess the socio-economic and technological impact of IARIvoluntary
organizations partnership extension model on the livelihood of the beneficiary farmers
of the programme. Two voluntary organizations namely Participatory Rural Development
Foundation (PRDF) and Himalayan Environment Studies and Conservation Organization
(HESCO) which are actively engaged in agriculture and allied activities in Gorakhpur and
Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh and Dehradun district of Uttarakhand respectively were selected
for the present study. An ex-post facto research design was used for the study. Data were
collected from 240 respondents comprising 120 beneficiary farmers and 120 control farmers.
The average adoption of IARI wheat and rice varieties was 71.25 per cent and 66.60 per cent
respectively in the study area. HD2733, HD2967, HD2985 PRH10, Pusa sugandh5, Pusa1121
and Pusa1509 were the major adopted varieties in study area. Age showed negatively and
significantly correlation with adoption of improved IARI varieties while education, social
participation, extension agency contact, innovativeness and credit orientation showed positive
and significant relationship with adoption of improved IARI varieties. Majority (33.33%) of
respondents had moderately favourably attitude towards the model. Majority (30%) of the
respondents perceived that the model was medium effective as a means of providing agricultural
technology. A significant increase in yield, income and savings of beneficiaries occurred on a
longitudinal time basis. The major strength and weakness of model as perceived by the
stakeholders was cost effective and timely transfer of technology and lack of financial resources
respectively.
 
Date 2018-10-09T09:56:49Z
2018-10-09T09:56:49Z
2017
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810078134
 
Language en_US
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ICAR-INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE NEW DELHI –