{"title":"Utilization of selected Information Technology Enabled Systems (ITES) by agricultural extensionists of Kerala","authors":"P. Boniface, A. M. Jose, A. Husain","doi":"10.26725/JEE.2020.2.32.6476-6484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2020.2.32.6476-6484","url":null,"abstract":"Several information technology enabled systems (ITES) are available for providing valuable information to agricultural extensionists which in turn would help them to assist famers, and increase crop production. The present study was aimed at assessment of knowledge and extent of use of selected ITES among agricultural extensionists of Kerala. Data were collected from randomly selected 60 computer literate agricultural officers and 60 computer literate agricultural assistants of Kerala State. The study revealed that knowledge of agricultural extensionists on web browsing and agricultural portals was comparatively higher. The knowledge of agricultural expert system and digitized databases was found to be very low, with 79 percent and 81 percent respectively falling in the low category. On the other hand the extent of use of all the selected ITES was found low among the agricultural extensionists. This points figures towards the need of sensitizing agricultural extensionists on the importance and value of ITES.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45746545","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":"Socio-Economic Analysis of Brackishwater Cage Culture in Kerala","authors":"K. Unnikrishnan, K. Dinesh","doi":"10.26725/JEE.2020.2.32.6500-6507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2020.2.32.6500-6507","url":null,"abstract":"Cage culture has been one of the most dependable fish production systems in the world. For wide adoption in countries like India, it needs to be technically feasible and socially acceptable. In the current study, the socio economic factors are taken into account for investigating the influence of these factors on the performance and productivity of the cage culture operations in central Kerala. An extensive survey was carried out among the cage farmers of the coastal districts of central Kerala to study the influence of socio-economic indicators in the overall production and performance. The study revealed that major socioeconomic features like age, occupation, level of education, experience in cage culture, technical skill, financial status and gender participation had significant effects on the cage culture productivity and economic returns.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47495209","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":"Perceived Effects of Adoption of Recommended Practices among Rural Farmers of Nigeria","authors":"U. Mohammed, J. Pelemo","doi":"10.26725/JEE.2020.2.32.6485-6491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2020.2.32.6485-6491","url":null,"abstract":"The study assessed the perceived effects of recommended practices on levels of hygienic practices,health-care Expenditure, and productive time for Agricultural Activities and children school attendances among the rural farmers in Mokwa Local Government area of Niger State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 311 of rural populace. Data were collected using structured questionnaire as well as interview schedule and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The mean age of the respondents was 46 years while the mean household size was 9 persons. Also, the mean years of experience was 20.8 years while 41.4% of the respondents had primary education. The mean household income was Nigerian Naira N175,500.00. The serious constraints to adoption of recommended practices were bad attitude and lack of credit facilities It is recommended that environmental health workers should be empowered to enforce sanctions on noncompliance with adoption of recommended practices and efforts should be made by stakeholders to sustain this channel of sensitization.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47859989","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":"Emotional Intelligence of Agricultural Officers of Kerala State Department of Agriculture","authors":"Reshma A Victor, A. Anilkumar","doi":"10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6391-6395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6391-6395","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was conducted in the three zones of Kerala viz., Kasaragod from North Kerala, Thrissur from Central Kerala and Thiruvananthapuram from South Kerala. In this study an attempt has been made to measure the emotional intelligence of panchayat level Agricultural Officers of Kerala State Department of Agriculture, under Krishi Bhavan System. A sample of 90 Agricultural Officers was selected by using simple random sampling. Emotional Intelligence was the dependent variable of the study. A well-structured interview schedule was used for collecting the data from the respondents. The data were tabulated and inferences were drawn after appropriate statistical analysis. The results showed that the scenario of existing status of emotional intelligence skills of respondents was good as most of them were in medium to high category.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"22 18","pages":"6391"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41309414","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":"Use of Digital Tools for Horizontal Spread of Agricultural Technologies by Farmers of Kerala","authors":"A. J. Sebastian, G. Jeyalakshmi","doi":"10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6411-6416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6411-6416","url":null,"abstract":"In this digital era, integration of digital tools is common in every sector and agriculture is not an exception. The present study was conducted among the farmers of Kerala who were using various digital tools, during the year 2018-2019. The sample of the study consisted of 120 farmers from three zones of Kerala. Awareness and Preference of the respondents were studied in order to find out the horizontal spread. Based on the results obtained it was found that all farmers were aware about tools like television, mobile phone and social media. Most of the farmers had selected mobile phones as the most preferred tool. Farmers were found to use mobile phones mainly for ‘crop protection’ purposes and social media for ‘marketing’ purposes.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"31 1","pages":"6411"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43963583","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":"Role of Advertisements on the Promotion of Use of Bio-fertilizers in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu, India","authors":"Sathiyabamavathy Kaliyan, Sekhar Chinnaiah","doi":"10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6396-6400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6396-6400","url":null,"abstract":"In recent days, Bio-Fertilizers are gaining importance as organic input in sustainable agriculture and its applications. Since the excessive application of chemical fertilizers at field affects the physical properties of soil such as infiltration, soil aeration, soil structure and bulk density, its applications are slowly replaced or it is reduced to certain extent and the farmers had the habit of applications of Bio- Fertilizers. To gain its applications, promotional measures become imperative. In order to promote Bio- Fertilizers among the farmers, the leading producers have been using many sales promotional activities. One such promotional activity is \"Advertising\". This paper investigates the role of advertisements in creating awareness about the use of Bio-Fertilizers.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"31 1","pages":"6396"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45815402","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":"Attitude towards the Vocational Training Programmes of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kollam, Kerala","authors":"M GeethuA, P. Bindu","doi":"10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6401-6404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6401-6404","url":null,"abstract":"Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) are one of the most vital establishment pledged for the dissemination of farm technology in the grass root level. The present study was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kollam, Kerala with 75 respondents, 15 each from five major vocational trainings organized at the KVK during the last five years. The trainees were personally interviewed with a well-structured and pre tested interview schedule. The present study on attitude of respondents revealed that more than half of the total beneficiaries have higher positive attitude towards the KVK.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"31 1","pages":"6401"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42162200","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 on the Effectiveness of School Vegetable Garden Programme","authors":"Ajit T.G, M. Mercykutty","doi":"10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6386-6390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6386-6390","url":null,"abstract":"School vegetable garden is the practice of cultivation of vegetables in and around the school premises by the students. School vegetable garden programme is a promising tool that can teach cultivation of vegetable within the formal educational framework. It provides opportunities for young minds to understand the basic lessons of agriculture and develop an affinity towards it. A study was conducted among 180 student respondents among six schools by adopting the procedure of two stage random sampling, in Nenmara and Kollengode blocks of Palakkad district in Kerala. All the selected schools had functional school vegetable gardens and were practicing activities either through agriculture or nature clubs. The perceived effectiveness of school vegetable garden by students revealed that development of life skills was found to be the most important outcome. The constraints faced by students were more time spent for garden activities and difficulty in maintaining the garden during vacation.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"31 1","pages":"6386"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44672483","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":"Performance Analysis of Vocational Higher Secondary Education (VHSE) Agricultural Teachers in Kerala","authors":"Chhanda Charana Mahananda, G. Sreedaya","doi":"10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6381-6385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6381-6385","url":null,"abstract":"The study was conducted in three zones of Kerala during 2017-2019 to analyze the job performance of the Vocational Higher Secondary Education (VHSE) Agricultural teachers and to find out the relationship between their profile characteristics and their job performance level. Altogether, 120 VHSE agricultural teachers from three zones of Kerala namely,Northern zone, Central zone and Southern zone, formed the sample. The study revealed that training had a positive and significant relationship with job performance and with organizational climate. Age on the other hand had a negative correlation with job performance.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"31 1","pages":"6381"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42533603","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":"Strategies to Mitigate the Adverse Effects of Climate Change - Perspectives of the Farmers of North-East India","authors":"Sesenlo Kath, K. Kanagasabapathi","doi":"10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6417-6420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2019.4.31.6417-6420","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change is one of the biggest environmental threats facing the world, potentially impacting food production and security. There is increasing evidence that climate change will strongly affect the North eastern region of India, especially the state of Nagaland and will be one of the challenging issues for future development. An attempt has been made to collect data from three hundred farmer respondents for providing suggestions to overcome the ill effects of climate change. The farmers suggested measures such as ‘provision of adequate funds to the grassroots level workers and functionaries’, ‘creating intensive awareness among farmers about climate change and adaptation’ and ‘developing low cost adaptation technology’.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"31 1","pages":"6417"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42750374","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}