Impact assessment of vocational training programmes on mushroom cultivation on knowledge gain of rural farmers Kumar Narender1,*, Singh Narender2, Singh Balbir1, Yadav NK3 1ICAR – Krishi Vigyan Kendra, CCS HAU, Bawal123501Haryana, India 2ICAR – Krishi Vigyan Kendra, CCS HAU, Mahendergarh123029Haryana, India 3Regional Research Station, CCS HAU, Bawal123501Haryana, India *Email for correspondence: narenderkvkkaithal@gmail.com
Online Published on 25 January, 2024. Abstract Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bawal, Haryana imparted training to 120 trainees on mushroom cultivation by conducting four vocational training courses during 2022-23. In order to evaluate these training programmes, present study was undertaken to find out the knowledge gain of the participants. The data were collected on the socio-economic profile of the participants and the purpose of their participation in the vocational trainings. The gain in knowledge of the trainees was calculated through pre- and post-training tests. It was found that almost half of the respondents (50.36%) were in the age group of 26-40 years; majority of the respondents (46.40%) were landless farm labourers and belonged to backward class (60.00%); most of the trainees (45.00%) were educated up to primary level and majority of the trainees (53.30%) were involved in farming. Majority of the respondents (48.33%) participated in the trainings to adopt mushroom cultivation as an enterprise. There was considerable gain in knowledge of the respondents after the training programmes. The gain in knowledge of the respondents after the trainings varied from 54.0 to 94.1 per cent on various aspects of mushroom. Top Keywords Mushroom cultivation, Vocational training, Gain in knowledge. Top |