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Farmers' Fair: Play a Important Role in Transfer of Technology


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In the present paper an attempt has been made to study to acquire information regarding behaviour and feedback of farmers visiting farmers' fair of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. The present study was conducted at CCSHAU, Hisar main campus. It was concluded that the main source of information about farmers' fair was friends and relatives (41.50%) followed by fellow farmers (37%). However in case knowledge level of farmers regarding farmers' fair activities was seeds sale (84.00%) followed by agro-industrial exhibition (83.50%). In case of purpose of visiting farmers' fair to purchase high yielding varieties of seeds (53.50%) was the main purpose followed by visit to agro-industrial exhibition (51%). Private organisations ranked first with weighted mean score (2.78) followed by agro-industrial (2.41).

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Agriculture, Buzz Session, Fair, Farmers', Information, Technology.
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Authors

Ashok Kumar
Department of HDFS, COHS, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India
Poonam Rani
Department of HDFS, COHS, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India
Krishan Kumar
Department of HDFS, COHS, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India
Sonu Kumar
Department of HDFS, COHS, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India
Harjinder Singh Nathal
Department of HDFS, COHS, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India

Abstract


In the present paper an attempt has been made to study to acquire information regarding behaviour and feedback of farmers visiting farmers' fair of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. The present study was conducted at CCSHAU, Hisar main campus. It was concluded that the main source of information about farmers' fair was friends and relatives (41.50%) followed by fellow farmers (37%). However in case knowledge level of farmers regarding farmers' fair activities was seeds sale (84.00%) followed by agro-industrial exhibition (83.50%). In case of purpose of visiting farmers' fair to purchase high yielding varieties of seeds (53.50%) was the main purpose followed by visit to agro-industrial exhibition (51%). Private organisations ranked first with weighted mean score (2.78) followed by agro-industrial (2.41).

Keywords


Agriculture, Buzz Session, Fair, Farmers', Information, Technology.

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