PROFILE OF KVK BENEFICIARIES OF NORTH EASTERN REGION OF INDIA

DIPAK NATH¹*, P.K. JAIN², R.K. TALUKDAR³, B.S. HANSRA⁴, CHITTARANJAN DEKA^5
1SMS (Agril. Extension), Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Khowai; School of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
²School of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
³Department of Extension Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat
⁴Amity International Centre for PHT and CCM, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201313
⁵SMS (Agril. Extension), Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Baksa, Assam
* Corresponding Author : spd020@yahoo.co.in

Received : 02-07-2017     Accepted : 03-08-2017     Published : 24-08-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 39       Pages : 4589 - 4593
Int J Agr Sci 9.39 (2017):4589-4593

Keywords : KVK, Profile, North Eastern Region, Beneficiary
Academic Editor : Ingita Gohain
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : KVKs of North Eastern Region; ICAR ATARI Zone- III, Meghalaya; School of Agriculture, IGNOU, New Delhi; Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam.
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The study was conducted to find out the profile of beneficiaries KVKs of North Eastern region of India. Ten KVKs under different administrative units were selected purposely and 20 beneficiaries from each of selected KVK were selected randomly for the study. The total sample size was 200. It is found that the age of majority of the respondents was in between 31- 55 years with education qualification high school category and had positive attitude towards training. But, mass media exposure of majority of the respondents belonged to seldom mass media exposure category where all the respondents were married. Majority of the respondents had small land holding with less social recognition and belonged to extended family type with 5 and above family member.

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