{"title":"Development and Standardization of Household Food and Nutritional Security Index","authors":"Dristika Jairu, Amardeep Chauhan, V L V Kameswari","doi":"10.48165/ijee.2023.59430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48165/ijee.2023.59430","url":null,"abstract":"An assessment of Household Food and Nutritional Security (HFNS) is important to understand the nutritional state of a household. There are various techniques available for measuring it but they are all in scattered form, making the study tedious. Present research carried out during 2022-23 was aimed at constructing a composite HFNS index that would aid in amalgamating the different techniques to holistically study the HFNS. Initially, four dimensions and 48 indicators were identified and subjected to relevancy testing through judges’ opinions which resulted in the selection of 32 indicators. A questionnaire with finalized indicators was administered to 60 households in the non-sampling area. The test retest and split-half method was followed for testing the reliability of the tool and the reliability co-efficient was 0.84 and 0.87, respectively. Content validity and statistical validity were used to confirm the validity of the tool which was 0.96. The developed tool finally consisted of four dimensions and 32 indicators which are reliable and can produce consistent results while assessing the food and nutritional security of rural households.","PeriodicalId":13471,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Extension Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135957731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Praveen Kumar, N V Kumbhare, M S Nain, Sitaram Bishnoi, Ankur Biswas, Pramod Kumar, Shiv Prashad
{"title":"Factors for Value Realization of Tomato, Onion, and Potato (TOP) under Operation Greens Using DEMATEL Method","authors":"Praveen Kumar, N V Kumbhare, M S Nain, Sitaram Bishnoi, Ankur Biswas, Pramod Kumar, Shiv Prashad","doi":"10.48165/ijee.2023.59415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48165/ijee.2023.59415","url":null,"abstract":"Operation Greens Programme of the Government of India focuses on post-harvest management of Tomato, Onion, and Potato (TOP) crops, value chain development, and value realization of farmers’ produce, which helps in enhancing livelihood security. The study conducted during 2022-2023 focused on factors determining the value realization of TOP crops under operation greens. The data were collected using a semi-structured interview schedule, with 90 farmers for each crop i.e., Tomato, Onion, and Potato. The government policy initiatives under Operation Greens were the most important factor, which mutually affected the socio-psychological, market intelligence, and input supply for TOP cultivation. About 42 per cent of respondents perceived Government policy under operation greens as important for value realization and 37.40 per cent of respondents perceived support from grassroots level extension agencies as important. Improving government policies followed for Operation Greens would result in the overall betterment of farmers and the agricultural sector of India.","PeriodicalId":13471,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Extension Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135957885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yumlembam Jackie Singh, Shekhar Nath Ojha, Anil Datt Upadhyay, Pachampalayam Shanmugam Ananthan, Shivaji Dadabhau Argade, Martina Meinam, Huirem Bharati, Shakir Ahmad Mir
{"title":"Identification of Indicators for Assessing Research-Extension-Farmers Linkage in Fisheries Sectors of Tripura","authors":"Yumlembam Jackie Singh, Shekhar Nath Ojha, Anil Datt Upadhyay, Pachampalayam Shanmugam Ananthan, Shivaji Dadabhau Argade, Martina Meinam, Huirem Bharati, Shakir Ahmad Mir","doi":"10.48165/ijee.2023.59405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48165/ijee.2023.59405","url":null,"abstract":"The study was conducted in Tripura from 2019 to 2022 to identify different indicators for linkage between research-extension-farmers in fisheries sectors. For selecting relevant indicators that are responsible for establishing linkage among the researchers, extension personnel, and farmers, different published documents, reports, and secondary sources were reviewed for the study. The indicators identified for establishing linkage were pooled and a comprehensive list of indicators was prepared. There were 53 indicators that were kept under different categories in the pooled list using the three-point continuum; Most Relevant (MR), Relevant (R), and Not Relevant (NR). After obtaining the judges’ opinions, the relevancy score for each indicator was worked out using the relevancy percentage. The 24 indicators having an average relevancy percentage of more than 75 were finally selected for the study. Conducting need-based training (92.78%, I), Regular contact with farmers (92.12%, II), and Assessing the outcome and impact of training attended (91.35%, III) were few of the important indicators identified in the study.","PeriodicalId":13471,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Extension Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135957891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender Differences in Attitude of University Students towards Gender Roles","authors":"Meghali Nath, Preeti Sharma, Ritu Mittal Gupta","doi":"10.48165/ijee.2023.59423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48165/ijee.2023.59423","url":null,"abstract":"Gender role attitude has gained considerable attention over the past three decades as the concern of society shifts from male dominance to the liberation of the female sex. This attitude of a country’s population helps in explaining deep-rooted gender sensitivity in its society. The present research was carried out purposively in Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India in the year 2021-22 on 200 purposively selected students throwing light on the gender role attitude of University students. Primary data was collected using a structured pre-tested questionnaire. Findings revealed that half of the respondents had an egalitarian gender role attitude followed by 40.50 per cent who had a transitional attitude. The majority of the female students had an egalitarian attitude whereas half of the male respondents had a transitional attitude. This gap in gender role attitude can be expected because of the male-dominated and patriarchal nature of Indian society. It is suggested that parents should be sensitized to teach their sons to share responsibilities irrespective of gender role norms and also more emphasis should be laid on gender empowerment.","PeriodicalId":13471,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Extension Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135958093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effectiveness of Video on Knowledge Gain Regarding Sugarcane Cultivation Practices among the Farmers","authors":"Rahul Pawar, S Devendrappa, D A Nithya Shree","doi":"10.48165/ijee.2023.59410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48165/ijee.2023.59410","url":null,"abstract":"Information and communication technology in agriculture provides solutions to agricultural challenges. The study was conducted in Athani taluk of Belagavi District in Karnataka state during 2020-21. ‘Before-After’ without control group experimental design was used to determine the effectiveness of video on knowledge gain regarding sugarcane cultivation practices among farmers. Video developed on “Sugarcane cultivation practices” was the subject matter selected for the study and tested for their effectiveness and acted as treatment for the study. 50 Sugarcane growers were selected for the treatment randomly. The results revealed that highest mean difference 3.72 was observed in case of integrated disease management, followed by integrated pest management (3.62) and weed management (2.38). The farming experience, land holding, achievement motivation, risk orientation, scientific orientation and cosmopoliteness were found to be positive and significantly related with knowledge gain. Therefore, efforts should be taken up to disseminate knowledge about recommended scientific farming practices by using information and communication technology tools especially video to educate farmers and thereby maximizing their benefits. Hence “Video” might be helpful for making the ‘sugarcane grower’ into ‘resource rich farmers’","PeriodicalId":13471,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Extension Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135958463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Educational Aspirations among the Students of Manipur University, India","authors":"Martina Meinam, Sekhar Nath Ojha, Yumlembam Jackie Singh, Biswajit Lahiri, Teresa Meinam","doi":"10.48165/ijee.2023.59416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48165/ijee.2023.59416","url":null,"abstract":"Educational aspirations provide students valuable insights that can inform educational policies, improve career guidance, promote equitable opportunities leading to better educational outcomes, and increase success in students’ future careers. This study examined the educational aspirations of students in 2021 at Manipur University, India. A structured interview schedule was designed, and data were collected from 160 students through stratified random sampling from five Schools of studies of the postgraduate students of the University. Students in the School of Human and Environmental Sciences showed the highest Achievement Likelihood of Educational Aspiration Index (ALEAI). Study reveals that the majority of the students wanted to pursue higher education. Students’ primary career advice was found to be their interests. Students were also motivated about their career choice mainly by their parents’ support, followed by the influence of TV, radio, social media, and other media. Students should also be encouraged and empowered to decide on and stand for their right career. The study suggests that it is necessary to review the influences, programmes, and different factors affecting students at all stages of their education.","PeriodicalId":13471,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Extension Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135959549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Knowledge Level and Adoption Behaviour of Maize Growers in Selected Districts of Nagaland, India","authors":"N K Patra, Vitoka S Chophi, Sanjoy Das","doi":"10.48165/ijee.2023.59406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48165/ijee.2023.59406","url":null,"abstract":"The paper examined the knowledge level and adoption behaviour of maize growers in Nagaland. Altogether, 120 respondents were selected following proportionate random sampling from 8 villages from four blocks of two districts. Two indices, namely, knowledge and adoption indices were developed. The maize growers had inadequate knowledge of improved cultivation practices of maize. Respondents had inadequate adoption index. The variables- age, marital status, and family size had having statistically significant relationship at 5% with knowledge level. Simultaneously, income from maize cultivation, informal information, mass media, social participation, and experience in maize cultivation established a statistically significant relationship at 1% with the knowledge level. Similarly, marital status, education, and informal sources of information established a statistically significant relationship at 5% with the adoption level, and annual income was found to be statistically significant at 1% with the adoption level. It is recommended that all the stakeholders and extension systems take the initiative to improve maize cultivation in Nagaland, which will accelerate the socio-economic up-scaling of the study community. Concerned authorities may also carry out frequent capacity development and technology transfer drives for improvement.","PeriodicalId":13471,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Extension Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135959802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Crafting a Gender Disparity Index to Unveiling the Tea Garden Workers’ Gender Dynamics","authors":"Rekha Khalkho, Souvik Ghosh","doi":"10.48165/ijee.2023.59429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48165/ijee.2023.59429","url":null,"abstract":"Gender dynamics significantly impact tea garden workers’ performance. A Gender Disparity Index (GDI) was developed for assessing gender differences within the tea plantation sector during 2022-23. The construction of GDI commenced with item analysis, employing the Likert’s Technique. A total of seven dimensions were included following the Harvard analytical and Moser frameworks of gender analysis. Based on the relevancy, t statistics, and content validity, five dimensions were kept in the index, namely, activity profile, influencing factors for differential roles, gender role identification, gender need assessment, and decision-making behaviour of tea garden workers. A universe of 92 items under five dimensions was prepared, and the relevancy of each item was judged by 56 experts; subsequently, 72 items were screened on which the responses of 60 workers of non sampled tea gardens were obtained and finally 68 items were selected under five dimensions of the index followed by testing of their content validity and reliability of the index. This GDI may be used as an effective instrument to unravel gender disparities in tea gardens and other similar plantations’ estate.","PeriodicalId":13471,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Extension Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135959804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Sodhi, R. Singh, G. S. Dhillon, Sanjeev Ahuja, Arvindpreet Kaur, Sunidhi K, Taranreet Kaur, A. S. Murai, Rajbir Singh, S. Kaur
{"title":"Adoption Behaviour of Climate-resilient Agricultural Practices in Punjab under NICRA Project","authors":"G. Sodhi, R. Singh, G. S. Dhillon, Sanjeev Ahuja, Arvindpreet Kaur, Sunidhi K, Taranreet Kaur, A. S. Murai, Rajbir Singh, S. Kaur","doi":"10.48165/ijee.2023.59210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48165/ijee.2023.59210","url":null,"abstract":"An integrated package of climate-resilient technologies was demonstrated in one village per 4 selected districts namely Bathinda, Faridkot, Roopnagar and Fatehgarh Sahib of Punjab. The major objective was to augment the resilience of agricultural systems, both crop production and livestock farming to climate vulnerability. From 2011-2020, major interventions made in crop production system were; crop residue management, zero tillage, quality seed, green manuring, biofertilizers and promotion of water saving technologies such as laser land levelling, direct seeded rice, short to medium duration rice varieties, etc. Major interventions made in livestock production system included green fodder production round the year, silage making, mineral mixture, uromin lick availability and regular vaccinations. To improve livelihood, subsidiary occupations like dairy farm, backyard poultry, piggery, jaggery production and protected cultivation units were established in the NICRA villages. Farmers were highly convinced to adopt the recommended practices but adoption level of demonstrated natural resource management technologies was variable and specific to a district. The satisfying results were witnessed under the NICRA project and there was an increase in the adaptive capacities, and enhanced incomes. NICRA villages functioned as model villages and became knowledge hubs/centres for out-scaling technologies in large areas.","PeriodicalId":13471,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Extension Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75154806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Index based Assessment of Factors Affecting Farm Diversification in Haryana","authors":"E. Jose, K. Ponnusamy, M. Kamboj","doi":"10.48165/ijee.2023.59318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48165/ijee.2023.59318","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed to assess the factors affecting farm diversification was conducted in Kaithal, Hisar, and Bhiwani districts of Haryana in 2021 by selecting 180 farmers and 60 experts. The factors influencing farm diversification were assessed through the index method, Garret ranking, and RBQ method. The proximity of the National Capital Region (NCR), increased road density, and improved access to market information were found to favour the diversification of farm enterprises whereas, market uncertainties and climate induced factors were perceived to hinder it. Farmers did not show interest in kharif crops such as maize, sorghum, pearl millet, and cotton in the study area, mainly because of non availability of labour at an affordable rate for manual harvesting. The findings act as supporting evidence of the factors that are beneficial for achieving sustainability in the future farming sector of Haryana.","PeriodicalId":13471,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Extension Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84407204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}