Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Kiran Rana, Anil Kumar, Neha Arya and SK Kashyap

Abstract:
The present study aims to assess the impact of training programme on the change in knowledge level of beekeepers of mid hills of Uttarakhand. ICAR funded Farmer FIRST programme operated by GBPUA&T, Pantnagar is supporting the honey production and processing as an enterprise to double the farmers’ income through enhancing their livelihood opportunities. The Jeoli village of Nainital district was selected under Farmer FIRST programme to be promoted as ‘Honey village’. A training programme on “Honey processing and honey wax plate making” was organized in the village to impart the knowledge of beekeepers of the village. It was found that majority of the trainees were middle aged (78.33%), male (63.33%), married (70.00%) and had education upto middle school (41.67%). The before and after weighted mean scores of different component of training programme also exhibit a change in the knowledge level of beekeepers. Maximum change in knowledge is observed in the knowledge of economic use of honey bee wax, where before the training mean score was 1.38 which increased to 2.95 after the training programme. It was also found out that majority of the trainees fall under the category of having low level of knowledge (65.00%) before attending the training but after attending the training 81.67 percent of the beekeepers fall under the category of having high level of knowledge. There is a visibly clear shift of trainees from having low level of knowledge to acquiring high level of knowledge after attending the training programme.