{"title":"Participation of Women Members in a Community – driven Development Project","authors":"S. Elakkiya, M. Asokhan","doi":"10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6031-6036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6031-6036","url":null,"abstract":"A community-driven development project named ‘Pudu Vazhvu’ was launched in Tamil Nadu in November 2005 with World Bank assistance. The goal of the project was to reduce poverty among the rural poor and other vulnerable groups and to promote their empowerment, through targeted assistance for productive livelihood activities, in a more enabling village environment, adopting Community Driven Development (CDD) approach. Under this project, rural women were grouped into Self Help groups to promote their livelihood status. Hence there is a need to study the CDD-SHGs effectiveness. The study was carried out in Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu as it is one of the districts in Tamil Nadu where Pudu Vazhvu project was implemented. A sample of 132 respondents was selected from two blocks (six villages) following Proportionate Random sampling technique. The present study was undertaken to find out the participation of women project members in various activities of CDD project. The study revealed that Pudu Vazhvu project SHG women members had participated in group meetings record and account maintenance, formulating the rules and regulations and in getting loans.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"30 1","pages":"6031"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47973146","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":"Risk Assessment in Specialised Home gardens of Kerala","authors":"C. Sreelakshmi","doi":"10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6014-6018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6014-6018","url":null,"abstract":"Home gardens have emerged as the best agricultural production system in Kerala due to limiting land availability and the shrinking operational land unit. Time and act of commercialization have transformed the homegardens to more diversified and specialized home gardens. A critical study of risks in the specialized homegarden production systems is the need of the hour to enhance its productivity. This paper analyses the various risk factors in home gardens.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"30 1","pages":"6014"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47204374","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":"Technology Utilization Pattern of Cassava Growers on Recommended Cultivation Practices","authors":"A. Archana, Rexlin Selvin, A. M. Iqshanullah","doi":"10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6042-6046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6042-6046","url":null,"abstract":"A study was conducted to assess the Technology Utilization Pattern of cassava growers in Salem district of Tamil Nadu. Farmers were selected based on the area of cultivation of cassava. The technology utilization pattern of cassava growers revealed that they had medium to low level of knowledge about cassava cultivation practices.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"1 7","pages":"6042"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41243705","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":"Farmers’ Perception towards a Ragi Expert System","authors":"C. Bhagavathsingh, K. Mahandrakumar, N. Sriram","doi":"10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6037-6041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6037-6041","url":null,"abstract":"A total of 46 statements, that determine the perception of Ragi Expert System, were spread among three main components viz., over all perception, message and technical components. Responses were obtained through structured interview schedule from a sample of 120 respondents who were selected from ten villages of Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu. The usefulness, merits and difficulties that they perceived in deriving information and diagnosis symptoms and knowledge gained on remedial measures through expert system were tabulated. Though expert system is powerful to motivate the people, still some more pictorial representation, easy navigation, concurrent information simple and understandable language should be incorporated to reach the farmers on a large scale.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"30 1","pages":"6037"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43930541","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":"Adoption Behaviour of ELS cotton growers in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu","authors":"M. Deepika, M. Asokhan, S. Usharani","doi":"10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6025-6030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6025-6030","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was taken up to analyse the adoption behaviour of ELS cotton growers in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu. The study was taken up in two blocks of Vellore district namely, Tirupattur and Kandhili blocks. The data were collected from 132 cotton growers using a well structured interview schedule and analysed.The study revealed that less than two- thirds of the respondents had medium level of adoption followed by high and low levels.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"30 1","pages":"6025"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47355314","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":"Perception of Farmers about a Pilot Extension Project (LEADS) in two Districts of Kerala","authors":"P. K. Paul, G. Sreedaya, Dhanusha Balakrishnan","doi":"10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6019-6024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6019-6024","url":null,"abstract":"Lead Farmer Centered Extension Advisory and Delivery Services (LEADS) is a pilot extension system revolving around Lead farmer – Satellite farmer concept on an Agro Ecological Zone basis within a district. The present study was conducted in the Kollam and Palakkad districts of Kerala state to compare the perception level of the farmers towards LEADS regarding the effectiveness in implementation of LEADS of both districts. From the study conducted, it was clear that the perception of farmers was found to be more in Kollam than in Palakkad district in terms of effectiveness of the extension system.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"30 1","pages":"6019"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47141074","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":"Adaptation Strategies followed by the Rice Growers to Mitigate the Impact of Climate Change","authors":"S. Palani, H. Philip","doi":"10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.5996-5999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.5996-5999","url":null,"abstract":"The study was conducted in Orathanadu block of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu. Proportionate random sampling was employed to select the sample. It was observed that the variables viz., educational status and fatalism showed positive significant correlation at one per cent level of probability whereas awareness on climate change showed negative correlation. Variables like annual income, extension agency contact and awareness on crop insurance showed negative correlation at five per cent level of probability","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"30 1","pages":"5996"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44854923","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":"Techno-Socio-Economic Dimensions of Specialized Home Gardens","authors":"C. Sreelakshmi, Allana Thomas","doi":"10.26725/JEE.2018.3.30.6105-6112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2018.3.30.6105-6112","url":null,"abstract":"The paper on home gardens delineates the techno-socio-economic dimensions of specializations in home gardens involving a total of 90 respondents from Thiruvanthapuram district in Kerala that comprised 60 specialized home garden farmers and 30 Agricultural Officers. Commercial interest has transformed this subsistence production system, to a means of additional income generation system with the inclusion of various specializations such as aquaculture, floriculture, sericulture and animal husbandry thus making it unique, ever-evolving and dynamic system. Different techno-socio- economic dimensions would have contributed to specializations in home gardens and hence the study was imperative. The results revealed that 11 out of 27 dimensions were perceived to be important. The results also revealed that the relevancy pattern differed for both specialized home garden farmers and agricultural officers wherein a few dimensions perceived to be important by farmers were actually not a concern for agricultural officers and vice versa.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46062183","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}
R Sureshverma, G. Samuel, I. Rao, V. Sagar, S. Chary
{"title":"Construction of Knowledge Test to Measure the Knowledge on Recommended Groundnut Production Practices","authors":"R Sureshverma, G. Samuel, I. Rao, V. Sagar, S. Chary","doi":"10.26725/JEE.2018.3.30.6129-6136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2018.3.30.6129-6136","url":null,"abstract":"The non-availability of a standardized scale to measure the farmers’ knowledge level influenced the researchers to construct a test for measuring the knowledge on recommended groundnut production package of practices. Pertinent items were collected covering all aspects from the crop production guide developed by the Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. After getting jury opinion on the items, test index of item difficulty, index of item discrimination and point biserial correlation for the items were worked out. All these were taken in to account to arrive at the final scale. While administrating the knowledge test a respondent was given one mark for each correct answer and zero for wrong answer. Eleven (11) items were finally selected from a total of fifty five (55) items.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48886334","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}