2017 Vol.23 No.1 PP 45-52

IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF KVK ACTIVITIES ON INCOME ENHANCEMENT OF TRIBAL FARMERS

^*PARVEZ RAJAN, N.K. KHARE¹, S.R.K. SINGH² AND M.A.KHAN³

ICAR- ATARI,
JABALPUR (M.P.) INDIA
¹Department of Extn Edu.,
JNKVV, JABALPUR (M.P.) INDIA
²ZPD Zone VII,
ICAR, JABALPUR (M.P.) INDIA
³DES, JNKVV, JABALPUR (M.P.) INDIA
*Corresponding Author Email: parvezrajan@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The KVK has excelled in bringing the modern technologies at the farmers doorstep with the help of various instructional aides. The KVK today has sufficient resources to impart training, skills and knowledge for not only the farmers but also to the rural youth. The present study was undertaken to assess the income generation of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of KVKs working in the tribal districts of Madhya Pradesh, India. The study was conducted with 300 tribal farmers randomly selected in 12 villages of Mandla, Dindori and Shahdol district, which were results showed that, tribal farmers were of comparatively middle age group, education up to high school, agriculture plus other as their occupation, medium annual income, medium landholdings, medium experience, high attitude towards technological demonstrations, high knowledge about KVK activities, high perception towards scientific agriculture, medium market orientation, high scientific orientation, high aspiration level, medium use of information sources and high training exposure. The income generation of tribal farmers was high.

Key words : Beneficiaries, Income generation, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Non-beneficiaries, Tribal farmers.