APPROPRIATENESS OF TRAINING AMONG THE ORGANIC FARMING GROWERS IN GUJARAT STATE

ROHAN SHARMA¹*, N.B. JADAV², SANDEEP CHOUHAN³, S.R.K. SINGH^4
1Department of Extension Education, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
²Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Rajkot, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat
³Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh
⁴Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes, ICAR, Zone-VII, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004 Madhya Pradesh
* Corresponding Author : rohansumitra@gmail.com

Received : 11-04-2016     Accepted : 23-04-2016     Published : 28-07-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 26       Pages : 1540 - 1542
Int J Agr Sci 8.26 (2016):1540-1542

Keywords : Training, Organic farming, Knowledge, Training method, Techniques
Academic Editor : Dr Basa Swaminath
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

More and more area increased under organic farming, which is becoming demand of present and coming era. In India, vast stretches of arable lands, which are mainly rain fed and found in the North eastern region where negligible amount of fertilizers and pesticides are being used and have low productivity, could be exploited as potential areas for organic agriculture. Considering the potential environmental benefits of organic production and its compatibility with integrated agricultural approaches to rural development, organic agriculture may be considered as a development vehicle for developing countries like India, in particular with this context research study was undertaken for 90 farmers in capacity building through training on organic farming practices and 90 untrained farmers of Surendranagar, Jamnagar and Rajkot district of Gujarat state where researcher observed that a majority of the respondents had medium level of knowledge about organic farming practices. It was also found that the lecture with discussion and demonstration was most important and effective method of training suggested by majority preferred with a first ranked followed by lecture and computer based presentation with discussion, lecture with discussion & Audio-Visual aid, and lecture with A.V. with second, third and fourth rank respectively.