PATH ANALYSIS- AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR MEASURING CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH TRAINING OF ORGANIC FARMING PRACTICES

N.B. CHAUHAN¹, B.H. TAVETHIYA², P.R. KANANI³*, D.V. PATEL^4
1Pesticide Testing Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001
²Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001
³Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001
⁴Department of Agriculture Statistics, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001
* Corresponding Author : prkanani@gmail.com

Received : 12-04-2016     Accepted : 24-04-2016     Published : 07-08-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 27       Pages : 1586 - 1589
Int J Agr Sci 8.27 (2016):1586-1589

Keywords : Organic Farming Practices, Total Indirect Effect, Substantial Indirect Effect
Academic Editor : Dr Basa Swaminath
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

We are not only informing the farm people about innovations but also we are educating them so that they can effectively and efficiently use that innovations in their own farm situation. This type of educational effort is training and it is an important component in our Technology Transfer System. Training brings required changes in individual’s behavior for improving their job performance to develop human abilities and capabilities for accepting new opportunities in various situations. In broad sense, capacity building is a continuous process where people conscious of their situation, gain knowledge and skills, solve problem and self-development. So far as concerned capacity building through training and especially its direct and indirect effect was measure by Path Analysis. The result of path analysis reflects that marketing orientation about organic farming products was the most important variable affecting directly and positively the knowledge of organic farming practices. It had also provided the way for education and extension participation in exerting their indirect substantial effect on knowledge of organic farming practices. Path’s result inferred that education about organic farming practices was the most important variable affecting directly and positively the adoption of organic farming practices. It had also provided a way for the variables viz.; risk orientation and age in exerting their indirect substantial effect on adoption of organic farming practices.