National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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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 study was conducted in Hassan District where Vocational training programmes on Integrated Crop Management (ICM) in Coconut and use of coconut tree climbing machine were conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Kandali, Hassan. These programmes were evaluated to assess their impact on the knowledge and extent of adoption of improved cultivation practices of coconut by the trainees. The data was collected from randomly selected 129 farmers who participated in the training programme conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Hassan. Semi structured interview schedule was used for data collection, using personal interview. The study find out that the trainees possessed medium to high level of knowledge on improved cultivation practices after participating in the programme. The cumulative knowledge gain of the farmers on different improved cultivation practices of coconut for enhancing production of coconut was found to be significant. Therefore, the adoption of improved cultivation practices of coconut was also medium to high. Thus, the trainings conducted at KVK, had motivated the trainees for adopting the improved cultivation practices in order to get more production and income.
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