Effectiveness of Peripatetic Training on Land Resource Inventory in Kalaburagi and Bidar districts of Karnataka

摘要

The study analysed the farmers knowledge on the components of Land Resource Inventory (LRI) in Kalaburagi and Bidar districts of Karnataka. Responses were collected from 64 farmers on the selected ten components of LRI before and after the peripatetictraining in the villages during September 2018 using a structured questionnaire. Pre-tests indicated that the knowledge quotient for different components ranged from 14.93 to 67.16, with an overall mean of 36.09. Four out of ten components were in 'verylow' knowledge quarter (less than 25 % knowledgeable farmers) and the remaining six components were equally distributed in second and third quarters. None of the components found place in very high knowledge quarter. Post-training, the knowledge on mostcomponents improved substantially, with the knowledge quotient ranging from 67.16 to 92.54 with an overall mean of 85.78. As a result of the training, more than 75 per cent of fanners moved from 'very low/moderately low' to 'very high'knowledge on eightcomponents. The knowledge gain was significant among senior fanners, farmers with lower education levels and food-crop growers, as these category farmers had lower pre-training knowledge compared to their counterparts. The knowledge gain on farm-specific soil maps and land classification based on soil pH were significantly different for commercial and food-crop growers. Farmers with larger holdings had better knowledge compared to their counterparts both during pre-test as well as post-test.