ROLE PERFORMANCE OF THE FIELD EXTENSION FUNCTIONARIES IN TRANSFER OF DAIRY TECHNOLOGY IN KARNATAKA

DIKSHA PATEL¹*, M.C.A. DEVI², A.J. DHODIA³, SUJATA PARMAR⁴, J. PARAMESWARANAIK^5
1Dairy Extension Division, ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132001, India
²Dairy Extension Section, SRS of ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore- 560030, India
³Extension Education Department, N M College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari-396450, India
⁴Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, India
⁵Dairy Extension Division, ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, 132001, India
* Corresponding Author : pateldiksha279@gmail.com

Received : 10-04-2016     Accepted : 22-04-2016     Published : 21-07-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 25       Pages : 1492 - 1495
Int J Agr Sci 8.25 (2016):1492-1495

Keywords : Role performance, Field extension functionaries, Veterinary services, Dairy technology, Feedback
Academic Editor : P.R. Kanani
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors are thankful to Director ICAR-NDRI, Karnal and Head of SRS of ICAR-NDRI, Bengaluru for providing necessary facilities. The authors are also thankful to the all Field extension functionaries of DAH&VS and KMF for their sincere response
Author Contribution : None declared

The present study was conducted during 2014-15 to study the role performance of field extension functionaries of Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services (DAH&VS) and Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF). An ex-post facto research design was employed for the study. The study was restricted to 120 field extension functionaries (FEFs) of DAH&VS and KMF, selected from 2 districts i.e., Bangalore Rural and Bangalore Urban districts of Karnataka state. Data collection was done by using the questionnaire method. Majority of the respondents (62.50%) were in medium level of role performance category followed by 20.00 per cent and 17.50 per cent were in low and high level of role performance categories respectively. The areas wise activity role performance shows that, the other activities were the most prioritized activity with weighted mean score (42.67) followed by veterinary services (40.88) followed by extension services (39.00) respectively. The result shows that extension services were the third most prioritize activity of FEFs in their job activities. This is the main concern for both the department, so the policy makers of both departments should create an exclusive unit of some extension personnel who were only concern with livestock education services, transfer of dairy technology, level of adoption, their consequences and feedback from farmers.