Effectiveness of Specialized Poultry Farming Trainings

Madhu Shelly; H. K. Verma; Jaswinder Singh; Parminder Singh; J. S. Bedi

Authors

Madhu Shelly Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, INDIA
H. K. Verma Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, INDIA
Jaswinder Singh Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, INDIA
Parminder Singh Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, INDIA
J. S. Bedi School of Public Health and Zoonoses, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, INDIA

Keywords:

Effectiveness, Knowledge Index, Specialized Poultry Trainings

Abstract

In order to evaluate effectiveness of scientific trainings on poultry farming in terms of knowledge gain, 70 farmers from on campus trainings were selected. Majority trainees (60 %) were less than 30 years age and 58.57 % trainees had annual income ‘between 1-6 lakh’. Significant increase in the proportion of correct responses given for different knowledge statements was observed. There was significant (P<.01) increase in Knowledge Index from 10.80 ± 0.88 before training to 47.94 ± 0.74 after training with a knowledge gain of 37.14 ± 0.89. Further it was clearly seen that training interaction with age, education, annual income, income source, land holding, mass media exposure, extension agency contacts and social participation had significant impact on the scores obtained before and after training.