CONSTRAINTS FACED BY THE EXTENSION PERSONNEL IN TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES

M. MISHA MADHAVAN¹*, V.J. TARDE², S.S. PATIL^3
1National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132001
²College of Agriculture, Kolhapur, 416005
³College of Agriculture, Kolhapur, 416005
* Corresponding Author : mishamadhavanmsy4@gmail.com

Received : 05-03-2016     Accepted : 18-03-2016     Published : 21-04-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 13       Pages : 1198 - 1202
Int J Agr Sci 8.13 (2016):1198-1202

Keywords : Constraints, Agricultural Assistants, Suggestions, Transfer of technologies
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Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The study was conducted in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra State to find out the constraints faced by the extension personnel in transfer of technologies and to know the suggestions for the improvement of their work performance. For the study 96 Agricultural Assistants were selected as respondents. A total of 67 constraints were listed down and measured the severeness on a three point continuum. They were also requested to give their valuable suggestions to overcome the constraints successfully and the frequency and percentage of each suggestion was worked out to identify the major suggestions of the respondents. It was observed that Agricultural Assistants were faced most severe constraints in Input supply, Administrative aspects, Social constraints and General constraints. Results also revealed that majority of Agricultural Assistants were facing medium level of constraints. A large majority of the Agricultural Assistants suggested to provide training on advanced technologies.