STUDY TO DEVELOP AN APPROPRIATE MODEL FOR IMPROVING THE COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOUR OF FARMERS

BANARSI LAL¹*
¹ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Reasi, 182311, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu, 182301, Jammu & Kashmir, India
* Corresponding Author : drbanarsi2000@gmail.com

Received : 22-08-2019     Accepted : 13-02-2020     Published : 15-02-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 3       Pages : 9490 - 9492
Int J Agr Sci 12.3 (2020):9490-9492

Keywords : Communication Behavior, Model, Variable
Academic Editor : Horo Aniketa, P Kumar, Dr Amit Kumar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Reasi, 182311, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu, 182301, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Models perform an organizing function in explaining the relationship of one part to another and in giving us an idea of the whole system. He also says that a model performs an explanatory function by pointing out in a somewhat simplified fashion how a system operates. Models can be best used for explanatory purposes only when we are alive to their limitations, as they are by no means a simulacrum of reality, but only a simplified image of it. It was found that the output (communication behaviour) increases with increase in the input (independent variable) but with the decreasing ratio. With the increase in independent variable communication behaviour (dependent variable) also increases but ultimately a saturation point reaches after that the communication behaviour of the farmers did not increase.

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