Constraints Faced by the Experts Working at KVKs'

The expert system can play a major role in the dissemination and adoption of useful knowledge for agriculture. Some constraints perceived by experts working at KVKs, create problem for transfer of technology. Hence, the study was carried out with an objective to know the constraints faced by the experts working at KVKs' and to seek the suggestions to overcome the constraints. The study was made the Department of Extension Education, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari (Gujarat) during the year 2009-2010. Pre-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. It was observed that non-availability of vehicle for on campus training (67.30 per cent) was the main constraint perceived by the expert working at KVKs' and followed by lack of co-operation from colleagues (64.42 per cent), multifarious duty (59.63 per cent), and non-availability of need based and location specific research (55.77 per cent). The suggestions to overcome the constraints mentioned by the experts were availability of vehicle for on and off campus for training (63.46 per cent) organization of multifarious activities based on need and time (58.63 per cent) and recommendations on location specific conditions (57.79 per cent).