Training Needs of Vegetable Growers in Jaunpur District of Uttar Pradesh Sonkar S.P.1, Mishra O.P.2 1SMS, KVK, Bakasa, Jaunpur, U.P. 2Associate Professor, Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, U.P. Online published on 22 February, 2017. Abstract Importance of training as an indispensable instrument for the development of skill and knowledge cannot be ignored. Training has become a critical input especially in view of the growing sophistication in agricultural technology as well as its cost intensive nature. However, no training programme would bring desirable change in knowledge, skill, attitude and other behavioural components of the farmer unless it is need based. Much can be achieved in the direction of increasing vegetable production and productivity if the farmers are trained after assessing their level and extent of training needs and requirements. To know the profile and the level of training need of farmers to carry out their vegetable farming the study was undertaken in Karanjakala block of Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Two hundred fourteen (214) vegetable growers were randomly selected as respondents for the purpose of study. The findings reveal that the Majority of the respondents were in 36 to 54 years age group, having education up to Intermediate, from Other Backward Caste Category, from joint families, having large size family, large land holdings, agriculture as main occupation, from medium income group, and having 21 to 32 years of farming experience. Respondents ’first choice of training was in the area of Pumpkin cultivation followed by Bottle Gourd (2nd rank), and Radish (3rd rank). Pumpkin cultivation and Bottle Gourd cultivation were most preferred vegetable for training. While, the training need preferences in main areas and sub areas of vegetable cultivation are different for each vegetables. Top Keywords Profile, level of training need, vegetable production. Top |