scholarly journals Identification of Training Needs of the Coconut Growers in Sri Lanka

CORD ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Chaminda S. Herath
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Quadrant Analysis ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Development Officers ◽  
Training Need

The coconut farming sector in Sri Lanka has been facing many problems which eventually led to a decrease in production and profitability in coconut farming. The main reason for the decrease in production has been the non adoption of scientific technologies primarily due to the lack of technical knowledge of coconut growers on scientific cultivation practices. Hence, a study was undertaken to assess the technical knowledge and the level of adoption of management practices with a view to identify and prioritize the training needs of coconut growers’. Training needs of the growers were assessed using the Borich Needs Assessment Model. The identified training needs were filtered by quadrant analysis. The discrepancy score of grower’s and the coconut development officers’ of the three districts were used as the dimensions of the quadrant analysis. The training needs were identified under four categories namely, planting practices, fertilizer application practices, agronomy practices and pest management practices. The study revealed that the most knowledgeable aspect was the planting practices and the least knowledgeable was the pest management practices, as evidenced by higher level of adoption of planting practices and the least adoption of pest management practices. It was concluded from the study that the most desirable training need was on the pest management practices followed by fertilizer application practices in the coconut triangle of Sri Lanka.

Farmers' competence and training needs on pest management practices: Participation in extension workshops

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 934-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi ◽  
Seyed Mahmood Hosseini ◽  
Christos A. Damalas
Keyword(s):  
Pest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
And Training

scholarly journals Training needs of melon (citrillus colocynthis (l.) schrad) farmers in Okigwe Agricultural Zones of Imo state, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 62-71
Author(s):  
Angela I. Emodi ◽  
Chinyelu I. Nwokolo ◽  
Joy A. Obiorah
Keyword(s):  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Imo State ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Training Need ◽  
Sales Agents ◽  
And Training ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study ascertained training needs of melon farmers in Imo State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 100 melon farmers from 10 town communities in the selected rural households. Data were collected through structured questionnaire and analysed using percentage and mean scores. Results from the study showed that the farmers training need in melon production among others were: sourcing of credit facilities ( x̄ =3.65), appropriate market information ( x̄ =3.58) and sourcing and training on fertilizer application ( x̄ =3.50). The main channel of communication among farmers was sales agents (hawkers) and marketers of melon products ( x̄ = 3.06). The major constraints to melon production were inadequate fund ( x̄ = 3.24), poor sales/ pricing system ( x̄ =3.15), low shelf life of processed melon products ( x̄ =3.11). Extension outfits should disseminate information and educate farmers on credit facilities, appropriate market and training on new techniques of how to cultivate melon in and out of season. Keywords: Households, agricultural extension, melon production

scholarly journals Training Needs of Horticulture Extension Personnel in Jammu Region of J&K State, India

2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-23
Author(s):  
Arvinder kumar ◽  
◽  
Lalit Upadhyay ◽  
S.K. Kher
Keyword(s):  
Training Needs ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Development Officers ◽  
Focal Position ◽  
Extension Work ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Training Need ◽  
Programme Planning ◽  
Extension Personnel

Effective extension work depends upon competent and well-trained extension personnel. Horticulture extension personnel (Horticulture Development Officers and Horticulture Technicians) occupy the focal position in transfer of technologies to the orchardists in Jammu and Kashmir. Given this a study entitled “Training needs of horticulture extension personnel in Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir” was undertaken. Data was collected from 200 horticulture extension personnel (30 horticulture development officers and 170 horticulture technicians) working at gross root level in all ten districts of Jammu region. Training need important score was categories in to three categories viz. least important, important, most important by using mean ± S.D technique. The finding reveals that horticulture development officer and horticulture technicians’ categories Pests /disease identification and their control measures as most important training areas in technical skills where time and methods of planting was placed as least important. Similarly in case of communication skills demonstration technique was rated highest important training need area and script writing as least important. Motivation technique and programme planning were also categories as most important training need areas of supervisory skills by horticulture development officers. Two factors viz. trainings attended and information utilization sources were significantly affecting the training needs of horticulture extension personnel.

scholarly journals Training Needs of Horticulture Extension Personnel in Jammu Region of J&K State, India

2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-13
Author(s):  
Arvinder Kumar ◽  
◽  
Lalit Upadhyay ◽  
S.K. Kher ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Training Needs ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Development Officers ◽  
Focal Position ◽  
Extension Work ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Training Need ◽  
Programme Planning ◽  
Extension Personnel

Effective extension work depends upon competent and well-trained extension personnel. Horticulture extension personnel (Horticulture Development Officers and Horticulture Technicians) occupy the focal position in transfer of technologies to the orchardists in Jammu and Kashmir. Given this a study entitled “Training needs of horticulture extension personnel in Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir” was undertaken. Data was collected from 200 horticulture extension personnel (30 horticulture development officers and 170 horticulture technicians) working at gross root level in all ten districts of Jammu region. Training need important score was categories in to three categories viz. least important, important, most important by using mean ± S.D technique. The finding reveals that horticulture development officer and horticulture technicians’ categories Pests /disease identification and their control measures as most important training areas in technical skills where time and methods of planting was placed as least important. Similarly in case of communication skills demonstration technique was rated highest important training need area and script writing as least important. Motivation technique and programme planning were also categories as most important training need areas of supervisory skills by horticulture development officers. Two factors viz. trainings attended and information utilization sources were significantly affecting the training needs of horticulture extension personnel.

RESTORING PRODUCTIVITY TO AN ARTIFICIALLY ERODED DARK BROWN CHERNOZEMIC SOIL UNDER DRYLAND CONDITIONS

1986 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. DORMAAR ◽  
C. W. LINDWALL ◽  
G. C. KOZUB
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Green Manure ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Sweet Clover ◽  
Yield Losses ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Structure Characteristics

A field was artificially eroded by levelling in 1957 and then continuously cropped to barley for 7 yr. Subsequently, a wheat-fallow experiment was conducted from 1965 to 1979 to determine the effects of four fertilizer treatments and green manure (yellow sweet clover) on restoring the productivity to soil that had been "eroded" to various depths. After 22 yr and 14 crops, the productivity of the land from which soil was removed has been improved but not fully restored. Although green manuring with yellow sweet clover improved soil structure, wheat yields were not improved because of competition for soil moisture and poorer in-crop weed control in this part of the rotation. The addition of 45 kg N plus 90 kg P2O5 per hectare in each crop year to sites from which 8–10, 10–20, or 46 + cm of soil had been removed resulted in yield increases of 18, 46, and 70%, respectively, over the unfertilized check of each treatment; the average yields were 104, 91, and 70%, respectively, of the undisturbed, unfertilized (check) treatment. On "erosion" treatments where only 8–10 cm of soil were removed, 45 kg N plus 22 kg P2O5 per hectare were sufficient to restore the productivity. Precipitation apparently had a greater effect than fertilizer application on wheat yields. The loss of organic matter and associated soil structure characteristics seemed to be critical factors contributing to yield losses associated with soil erosion. These results show that it is more practical to use management practices that prevent soil erosion than to adopt the practices required to restore eroded soil. Key words: Soil erosion, topsoil loss, water-stable aggregates, soil organic matter, green manure, precipitation

scholarly journals Optimizing Pest Management Practices to Conserve Pollinators in Turf Landscapes: Current Practices and Future Research Needs

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan L. Larson ◽  
Adam Dale ◽  
David Held ◽  
Benjamin McGraw ◽  
Douglas S. Richmond ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Current Practices
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