Networking of the Farm Women by the Farm Science Centre of North Bengal
Ganesh Das *
Department of Agricultural Extension, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, Birbhum, Pin Code 731236, India.
Sarthak Chowdhury
Department of Agricultural Extension, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, Birbhum, Pin Code 731236, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Agricultural extension organizations of developing nations confronted numerous limitations in their activities of information age and use. Farm Science Center or Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) assumes a significant job in giving information to the farmers and farm women in India. Rural women structure a huge portion of the agricultural workforce. They likewise need proper and usable information that would assist them with their cultivating exercises. Farm women will, in general, get recycled information from their spouses and companions if they are not the leader of their family. They are less intrigued to go to training activities because of family obligations or versatility imperatives. Thought of the above circumstance, an investigation (by gathering information) was directed on "Networking of the Farm women by the Farm Science Centre of North Bengal". The investigation was directed from March 2018 to April 2019 in North Bengal. The information was gathered from the optional sources. It was found from the examination that participation of farm women in extension activities was nearly higher than in training activities. Farm Science centre dispersed agricultural information through the arrangement of various grass root level extension organisation, for example, Farmers Clubs and Self Help Groups.
Keywords: Farm women, agricultural extension organizations, information, networking, self help groups.