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A. D. Sangle ¹, S. U. Mokhale ², P. J. Kadu ¹, A. S. Ade ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, Shri. Shivaji Agriculture College, Amravati (M.S.), IN
2 Department of Extension Education, Shri Shivaji Agriculture College, Amravati (M.S.), IN

Abstract

The present study on knowledge of home science technologies by the tribal women’’ was undertaken in Dharni taluka of Amravati district with sample size of the 80 respondents. The data were collected from personal, socio-economic, communicational and psychological characteristics of respondents, knowledge about home science technologies was studied with the help of pre-structure interview schedule. Findings revealed that Majority 52.50 per cent of the respondents belonged to medium age group i.e. between 26 to 51 years, majority of the respondents 33.75 per cent were illiterate level, large proportion of respondents 46.25 per cent had marginal land holding, majority 61.25 per cent respondents were having medium level farming experience, more than half of the respondents 52.50 per cent having annual income between 22,000 to 48,000, majority of the respondents 78.75 per cent had belonged to medium category of social participation, majority of the respondents 53.75 per cent of the respondents have medium level of extension contact and majority of the respondent 66.25 per cent had medium level of source of information. In case of knowledge about home science technologies majority of the respondents 88.75 per cent having medium level of knowledge about home science technologies. In case of home science technologies wise knowledge, great majority of respondents had knowledge about home science technologies viz., majority 100.00 per cent respondents have knowledge about information about this tool, followed by 100.00 per cent respondents have knowledge about the benefits of these implements. Findings of relational analysis revealed that age, education and source of information are positively and highly significant with knowledge of home science technology at 0.01 level of probability. Farming experience and annual income are significantly correlated with knowledge about home science technology at 0.05 level of probability. Whereas, land holding, extension contact, social participation were negatively non-significantly correlated with knowledge about home science technology at 0.05 level of probabilit.

Keywords

Knowledge, Home Science, Technology, Tribal, Women Farmers, Respondent.

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A. S. Ade ¹, V. V. Gohad ¹, V. N. Suryvanshi ¹, A. D. Sangle ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, Shri Shivaji Agriculture College, Amravati (M.S.), IN

Abstract

The present study was conducted mainly with the specific objective to study. For the study Amravati district was selected and from this district four tahsils selected, from this tahsils five villages selected and from each village four beneficiaries were selected on the basis of maximum number of farm pond. For this study 80 respondents are selected. Ex-post facto research design was used for the research study. It was noticed that, 47.5 per cent respondents were educated upto middle school level, half 51.25 per cent of the respondents were having semi medium land holding, majority 75.00 per cent of the respondents had medium farming experience, majority 53.75 per cent of the respondents had low area under irrigation, majority 73.75 per cent of the respondents had medium family size, majority 65.00 per cent of the respondents had low social participation, most 66.25 per cent of the farmers medium extension contact, half of the respondents i.e. 47.5 per cent had medium economic motivation, half of the respondents i.e. 61.25 per cent were having medium risk preferences. The independent variables namely land holding, area under irrigation, family size, extension contact, risk preferences are positively and highly significant with impact of the farm pond beneficiaries at 0.01 level of probability. The variables namely education, farming experience, economic motivation are significantly correlated with impact of the farm pond beneficiaries at 0.05 level of probability. Whereas, social participation showed non-significant relationship with farm pond beneficiaries.

Keywords

Farmpond, Socio Economic, Impact.

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V. N. Suryvanshi ¹, S. U. Mokhale ¹, A. S. Ade ¹, R. V. Tayde ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, Shri Shivaji Agriculture College, Amaravati (M.S.), IN

Abstract

The Agrowon is the most popular Marathi daily Agricultural newspaper it provides lot of agricultural information in the form of news story, success story, regular agricultural feature, agricultural article and information about different advanced technology cultivation practices and diseases resistant variety. So Agrowon is helpful to farmers to inhance their production. Farmers are early in adopting the new technology by reading Agrowon as compare to other source of agricultural infomation. Therefore, Agrowon play a vital role in changing farmers adoption level and increasing production. So there is need to do content analysis of Agrowon to compare the type of information i.e. Horticultural and non- Hoticultural published in Agrowon. Present study consist of location, space covered by the horticultural information and identification of different types, forms of presentation of horticultural information of Agrowon daily published in Marathi daily newspaper ‘Agrowon’ from Nagpur edition of Maharashtra.52 issues of ‘Agrowon’ published from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 was selected and studied with the help of specially designed proforma for collection and analysis of the contents of ‘Agrowon’. The data was presented in the form of percentage and frequencies. The results of the present investigation are as follows. The non-horticultural information occupied very large space 85.88 per cent as compare to horticultural information 14.11 per cent. Regarding the newspaper advertisements, 14.30 per cent of the total space was occupied by the horticultural advertisements whereas; non-horticultural advertisements occupied very large space i.e. 85.69 per cent. Most of the horticultural information published on right side 53.05 per cent of the newspaper. Most of the horticultural information is in the photo news i.e. 88.55 per cent. Most of the horticultural information printed on page number 12,13,10, and 6.

Keywords

Content Analysis, Agrowon, Horticultural Informaton, Space, Page, Side, Illustration.

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