Knowledge of Extension Personnel about Horticultural Recommendations on Selected Fruit Crops

The study was conducted in Nasik and Ahmednagar districts of Maharashtra, during the year 2009-2010. The data were collected from 259 extension personnel viz., Agricultural Assistants (197), Agricultural Supervisors (39) and Agricultural Officers (23). The study revealed that more than half (54.05 per cent) of the extension personnel belonged to the category of medium knowledge level whereas, 28.57 per cent of respondents belonged to high knowledge level category and 17.37 per cent of the respondents belonged to the category of low knowledge level. The variables like education, in-service training participation in professional organizations, facilities available, job satisfaction, achievement motivation and information source use were found to be highly significant relationship with knowledge level.