Impact of farmers field school (FFS) on soybean crop management practices in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh
2017
Parmar, Lokendra | Singh, S.P. | Raghuwanshi, Sheela | Bisht, Kamini
A farmer field school is a school without walls. It is a form of adult education, which evolved from the concept that farmers learn optimally from field observation and experimentation. A group of farmers gets together in one of their own fields to learn about their crops and things that affect the system of working. They learn how to farm better by observing, analyzing and trying out new ideas on their own fields. Farmer Field School Approach (FFS) is based on the concepts and principles of people centered learning, and were the answers for themselves. That means the farmers can develop solutions to their own problems and developed as an alternative to the conventional topdown test and verification of the old extension approaches. The present study was conducted in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh. Tikamgarh block was selected purposively because in the block maximum Farmer Field School were implemented by the Department of Agriculture as compared to other blocks. The statistical sample of the research was 168 (84 participants and 84 non participants). Study revealed that, 51.19 per cent of FFS participants and 44.05 per cent of non FFS participants had ‘knowledge’ about soybean management practices. Regarding attitude towards soybean management practices, 83.33 per cent of FFS farmers belonged to ‘favourable’ attitude category. Whereas, higher percentage of 36.90 percent non FFS farmers have favourable attitude towards improved soybean management practices.
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