Knowledge and Symbolic Adoption of Trained Sericulturists

摘要

The present investigation was carried out to assess the impact of training programme on the knowledge and symbolic adoption levels of sericulturists regarding silkworm rearing practices. The respondents of the study includes 40 sericulturists from Chickballapur and Kolar districts who participated in the two days on-campus training programme on silkworm rearing practices organized during January 2010 by Krishi Vigyana Kendra, Kolar. A structured interview schedule was prepared in Kannada language forcollecting relevant information. The present study has made use of before and after design with single group (i.e. No control group). The results revealed that the knowledge level of trainees after the training programme with respect to silkworm rearingpractices ranged between 30.43 and 59 per cent. High symbolic adoption level of silkworm rearing practices (ranging from 60.25 to 97.50 %) was registered by the trainees. Age had a negative and significant relationship with the knowledge level, while education had a positive and significant relationship with the knowledge level of the.trainees regarding silkworm rearing practices. All the six personal and socio-economic characteristics of trainees had contributed to the tune of 48 per cent to the knowledge level. It was also found that education of the trainees had direct, indirect and largest indirect effects on the knowledge level of trainees with respect to silkworm rearing practices.