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Impact of Training Programs for Women Farmer Groups under the Farmer FIRST Program

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Title Impact of Training Programs for Women Farmer Groups under the Farmer FIRST Program
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Creator Anithakumari. P , Mahima Mohan and Muralidharan. K
 
Subject Training programs; Kirckpatrick method; Gender; Social impact
 
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ICAR funded Farmer FIRST program (FFP) being implemented in Pathiyoor panchayath of Alappuzha district,
Kerala State, India, promoted women empowerment enabling them to be partners of agricultural development. The
present study was conducted among 140 women farmers of FFP during 2019-20 to study the impact of training
programs using Kirkpatrick training evaluation method. The socio personal profile indicated that majority of the
respondents were middle aged and 89 per cent possessed an average land holding size below 0.081 ha (20 cents),
98 per cent of them were educated, average annual income of 70.80 per cent of women respondents were below Rs.
50000, and the major livelihood was derived from wage earning + farming by 55.55 per cent and 15.25 per cent
only possessed livestock, and others had small units of poultry, which showed low resource level. The results
indicated improvement in income, savings and knowledge on agricultural topics among the participants. The
technology adoption also improved after FFP interventions by more than 2 technologies along with skill acquisition.
More than 90 per cent of the participants perceived improvement in productivity of crops due to technology
adoption and attained diet diversity. The social capital scenario among women farmers indicated the role in
promoting technology dissemination and enabling adoption of new varieties based on participatory evaluation.
The innovation in social mobilization in land consolidation for farming by the women farmers groups contributed
to these impacts and the FFP panchayath was declared as fallow free.
ICAR Farmer FIRST Program
 
Date 2021-07-30T04:52:55Z
2021-07-30T04:52:55Z
2021-07-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Anithakumari. P, Mahima Mohan and Muralidharan. K (2021)Impact of Training Programs for Women Farmer Groups under the Farmer FIRST Program. Indian Research Journal of Extension Education. 21 (2&3) : 8-15
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/51346
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Indian Research Journal of Extension Education (IRJEE)