IMPACT OF EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAINING ORGANIZED BY KVK ON KNOWLEDGE OF PADDY GROWERS IN DARBHANGA DISTRICT OF BIHAR

Abstract

KVK is an integral part of the National Agricultural Research System (NARS), aims at 
assessment of location specific technology modules in Agriculture and allied enterprises, through 
technology assessment, refinement and demonstration. The Government has launched Krishi Vigyan 
Kendras (KVKs) Portal which will help in monitoring the functioning of KVKs at the National level 
and in providing timely information and advisory to the farmers. The present study was conducted in 
Darbhanga district of Bihar to find the impact of effectiveness of training organized by KVK on 
knowledge of paddy growers. A total of 120 respondents were selected randomly for present study. The 
data were collected through a pre- structured interview schedule and later appropriate statistical 
analysis were done to find out the meaningful results. Most of the trained paddy growers had an equal 
percentage of medium (43.33%) and high (43.33%) level of knowledge. More than half of the 
untrained paddy growers (58.33%) had medium level of knowledge, followed by low (26.67%) and high 
(15%) level of knowledge.