PERSONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PERSONNEL IN THE REVITALIZED EXTENSION SYSTEM IN ASSAM

D. BORTAMULY¹*, P.K. DAS^2
1North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited, NEDFi House, Dispur, Guwahati, 781006, Assam
²Department of Extension Education, Biswanath College of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013, Assam
* Corresponding Author : dbortamuly@nedfi.com

Received : 09-03-2018     Accepted : 13-03-2018     Published : 15-03-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 5       Pages : 5406 - 5409
Int J Agr Sci 10.5 (2018):5406-5409

Keywords : Level of role performance, Agriculture Technology and Management Agency (ATMA), Extension reform
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013, Assam
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The present study was carried out in the 11 districts of Assam to access the Personal, Psychological and Organizational Characteristics of the agricultural extension personnel in the revitalized extension system in Assam. A total of 112 agricultural extension personnel were interviewed who were working under the revitalized extension system in Assam with the help of structured schedule during the period of 2015. The study was undertaken as a part of PhD research work entitled “Role performance of the Agricultural extension personnel in the Revitalized Extension System in the state of Assam” in the Department of Extension Education under Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam. A total of 15 characteristics of the respondent were considered in the study which was classified as personal, psychological and organizational characteristics. The data analysis was done by using various statistical methods like frequency, percentage, standard deviation and co-efficient of variation. The findings of the study reveals that most of the extension personnel working under the revitalized extension system in Assam were young and middle aged and had high to medium level of exposures to their respective personal, psychological and organizational characteristics.

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