“IMPACT OF KVK TRAININGS ON KNOWLEDGE OF PADDY GROWERS” CASES FROM SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

The impact of training programmes of KVK, Srikakulam that consists of trained and untrained respondents of paddy growers, knowledge is the cognitive component of individuals mind and plays an important role convert as well as overt behaviour and individuals with a grater knowledge of technical nature of improved practices, and the study was conducted under KVK, Amadalavalasa, in srikakulam district. The data were collected through personal interview method using structured schedule. The Expost facto research design was employed in the present investigation. Most of the trained paddy growers had an equal percentage of medium (43.33%) and high (43.33%) level of knowledge, followed by low (13.34%) level of knowledge. More than half of the untrained paddy growers (58.33%) had medium level of knowledge, followed by low (26.67%) and high (15%) level of knowledge. In comparison with untrained paddy growers, trained paddy growers had high level of knowledge regarding the new techniques and practices, scientific methods and newly released varieties.