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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The main purpose of organising such Kisan Mela is to create awareness among Kisan Mela visitors about new technologies developed by researchers primarily from the government agricultural and allied research centres, state agricultural universities and some private sector institutions. The present study was purposively conducted during Kisan Mela to know the satisfaction level of respondents regarding location of venue, orientation of stalls, arrangement for livestock, arrangement for animal exhibition, availability of quality seeds, information regarding new variety of crops, pesticide and insecticide and overall effect of Kisan Mela to the visitors. The level of satisfaction was calculated on three point continuum basis viz., most satisfied, satisfied and not satisfied with the score of 3, 2 and 1 respectively. The total weighted mean score (TWMS) was calculated and ranking was done. The majority of respondents showed most satisfied in the area of investigation viz., location of venue, orientation of different stall, drinking water arrangement, staying facilities for livestock, arrangement of animal exhibition, availability of quality seeds, information regarding new strains of crops, information on pesticide and insecticide and overall effect of Kisan Mela. The majority of respondents said that they were not capable to pay for obtaining information regarding agriculture.