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Capacity Building of Rural Women through Trainings


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1 Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Rural Home Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka), India
2 University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka), India
     

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The aim of this study is to assess the impact of KVK training programmes on knowledge and adoption of rural women about home science technologies. The present study was carried out with the sample size of 254 rural women. These rural women were categorized into two groups, i.e. trained and untrained having 127 women in each. The overall knowledge level of trained group was high in washing powder and phenyl making, maize products, mango products and bakery products. The respondents from untrained group possessed medium level of knowledge in maize products and low level in washing powder and phenyl making, mango products and bakery products. With respect to adoption, majority of trained women belonged to high level of adoption in washing powder and phenyl making, maize products, bakery products and medium level in mango products. Out of total variables cosmopoliteness in trained group exhibited significant but negative relationship with knowledge level and family income had shown positive and significant relationship with knowledge level as regard to home science technologies. Size of land holding exhibited significant but negative relationship with respect to adoption level of home science technologies. More than forty five per cent of rural women (47.24%) stated that lack of adequate time as their main constraint in adoption of home science technologies.

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Capacity, KVK, Programme, Rural Women, Training.
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Authors

Roopa T. Malabasari
Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Rural Home Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka), India
Uma S. Hiremath
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka), India

Abstract


The aim of this study is to assess the impact of KVK training programmes on knowledge and adoption of rural women about home science technologies. The present study was carried out with the sample size of 254 rural women. These rural women were categorized into two groups, i.e. trained and untrained having 127 women in each. The overall knowledge level of trained group was high in washing powder and phenyl making, maize products, mango products and bakery products. The respondents from untrained group possessed medium level of knowledge in maize products and low level in washing powder and phenyl making, mango products and bakery products. With respect to adoption, majority of trained women belonged to high level of adoption in washing powder and phenyl making, maize products, bakery products and medium level in mango products. Out of total variables cosmopoliteness in trained group exhibited significant but negative relationship with knowledge level and family income had shown positive and significant relationship with knowledge level as regard to home science technologies. Size of land holding exhibited significant but negative relationship with respect to adoption level of home science technologies. More than forty five per cent of rural women (47.24%) stated that lack of adequate time as their main constraint in adoption of home science technologies.

Keywords


Capacity, KVK, Programme, Rural Women, Training.

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