Volume : 2, Issue : 10, October - 2013

Extent of Extension Service Utilisation of Farmers in Andhra Pradesh

B. Neethi, A. Sailaja

Abstract :

Ex–post facto research design was followed for carrying out the study in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Sample comprised of 120 farmers selected randomly from four randomly selected mandals of Mahaboobnagar district which was a purposive selection. Majority of the respondents had medium extent of utilisation of services followed by high and low utilisation of services. Regarding extent of utilisation of services the diagnostic services ranked first followed by services through training programmes, technology transfer, other services, services through RAWEP students, services through information centre and supply of information material and services through assessment and refinement of technology in the order of ranking. It was revealed through the study that there was significant relationship between profile characteristics and extent of utilization of service and more so in the case of information seeking behavior. It can be concluded that the utilisation of DAATTC services helps the farmers in increasing the level of knowledge, skill and adoption of technology