Training Needs of the State Officials of Agriculture and Allied Departments of Western India
Mahesh R. Patel *
Extension Education Institute (EEI), Anand Agricultural University (AAU), Anand, Gujarat, India.
Arun Patel
Directorate of Extension Education, Anand Agricultural University (AAU), Anand, Gujarat, India.
P. C. Patel
Directorate of Extension Education, Anand Agricultural University (AAU), Anand, Gujarat, India.
Shri Jaydip D. Desai
Directorate of Extension Education, Anand Agricultural University (AAU), Anand, Gujarat, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The need for professional training of agricultural sectors is increasing day by day. Advanced methodologies of farming needed to adopt all the native workers of the dedicated zones which are still in trial. Perhaps some of the training institutes take some initiatives to make a healthy community of farmers so that the betterment of agricultural sector would dominate the economic structure at every possible perspective of states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Goa and Union territories of Dadra Nagarhaveli, Div and Daman. These states have education institutes which organize some training programs by involving several state officials of agriculture to enhance the knowledge of different types of farming by incorporating various on campus, off campus and collaborative methods for the sectors where. These skill developing programs cover the following soft skill: Communication Skill for effective Extension (rank I), Soft skills for Personality Development (rank II), Time and Stress Management for Better Performance of Extension Personnel (rank III), PRA Tools and Techniques for SREP Development (rank IV) and Leadership Development and Team Building Skills for Extension Functionary (rank V).
Keywords: Training need, participants