TRAINING NEEDS OF POTATO GROWERS IN GWALIOR DISTRICT OF MADHYA PRADESH

RAJKUMARI RAGHUWANSHI¹, M.M. PATEL², NEERJA PATEL³*, SANDEEP CHOUHAN^4
1Department of Extension Education, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, 474002
²Department of Extension Education, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, 474002
³ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dewas, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, 474002
⁴ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sehore, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, 474002
* Corresponding Author : neerja.patel1988@gmail.com

Received : 23-11-2016     Accepted : 15-12-2016     Published : 18-12-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 61       Pages : 3434 - 3435
Int J Agr Sci 8.61 (2016):3434-3435

Academic Editor : Sirisha Kanduri
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : We thank our colleagues from Department of Extension Education who provided insight and expertise that greatly assisted the research. We thank Dr. M.M. Patel, Professor & Head, Department of Extension Education, RVSKVV, Gwalior (M.P) for assistance with research methodology and all editors for comments that greatly improved the manuscript. We would also like to show our gratitude to the Dr. V. B. Singh for sharing their pearls of wisdom with us during the course of this research
Author Contribution : An attempt has been made by all authors to cover all those relevant aspects which are very oftenly required for consultation by agricultural extensionists. The deliberate attempt was made by Rajkumari, Dr. M. M. Patel, Neerja Patel, Sandeep Chauhan to col

The productivity level of potato is observed to be low in Madhya Pradesh due to various reasons among these are climate and adoptability of technologies. In order to narrow down the gap in the productivity, potato growers need to adopt the recommended technology package in their situation. With this back ground the status of adoption of production technologies and productivity of potato crop are to be essential to be assessed and training needs are the other important issue to be looked into for the policy makers in general and the farmers in particular. There is an urgent need in this direction to channelize our efforts to increase the yield by identifying the training needs and the extent of adoption of improved practices. It is in this background this study was taken up with an objective to know the extent of adoption of scientific practices and their training needs. Training is essential to induce motivation, create confidence and inculcate efficiency in an individual. Training is also inevitable for imparting new knowledge and updating the skills of the farmers. Training of farmers had assumed further importance and need in the context of the high yielding varieties and improved practices in agriculture and allied fields.