Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

From each Krishi Vigyan Kendra adopted village 10 farmers were selected randomly after receiving its beneficiaries list from Krishi Vigyan Kendra and 10 each from non-adopted villages each total to the tune 60+60=120. Collected data were classified, tabulated and analyzed by using statistical methods like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, correlation coefficient and Fisher’s ‘Z’ Test.

Beneficiaries from Krishi Vigyan Kendra programmes were found more educated, higher annual income, more social participation, higher extension contact, more market orientation, high risk orientation, medium cosmopoliteness than the non-beneficiaries. It was also observed that there was no difference in respect of farming experience between beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries.

Impact of Krishi Vigyan Kendra programmes was measured in terms of Knowledge, Adoption and Training. It was observed that beneficiaries showed higher knowledge, more adoption and more trained as compared to non-beneficiaries.