Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 25, No 3 (2012)

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Krishi mahotsav-2007 a new village level TOT tool in Gujarat

Nikulsinh M. Chauhan

Abstract


The results revealed that the Majority of the farmers were from middle aged group, having education up to primary to secondary, small and marginal land holding size, big family size with nuclear type of family. Majority respondents haunted 3 to 4 milch animals, having membership in one or two organization and income level was up to ` 30,000/-.The results also indicates that the Neighbor, VLWs and magazines were the important resources of information about Krishi Mahotsav. The overall perception of farmers regarding Krishi Mahotsav was found medium to highly useful. The great majority of the farmers opined that time & duration of Krishi Mahotsav was appropriate and the same should be repeated in the coming year, too. Some farmers were opined that critical inputs like pesticide should be supplied during krushi mahotsav. Majority of the farmers had opined that the information given during Krishi Mahotsav about Animal Husbandry and cropping methods of the cotton,pigeonpea and maize were found useful.

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