Front line demonstration
Among the 100 farmers was organized by the central arid zone resesarch institute scientists under Scheduled Cast Sub Plan for arid legumes for package of practices
Birner et al. (2006). Actual 100 farmers selected most of them belong to middle ag.e category. Most of them were uneducated, income of most of them was belong to higher level, herd size is big, milk production liter per cattle , milk sale is maximum to cooperatives, followed by private companies (Picture 2). Extension contact maximum to agriculture officer, mass media exposure maximum to newspaper followed by T.V. (
Mahmudul, 2012) Maximum income is there in flush season
(Rivera et al., 2001). The data about the knowledge level of both benefited and non-benefited farmers included in Table shows that calculated ‘Z’ value was higher than the tabulated value at 1 % level of significance in all the package of practices of arid legume production (Picture 1) (
Rivera and Crowder, 2002).
Sources of agricultural information:
Means that the knowledge level of farmers towards package of practices of arid legumes agricultural extension depends on the sources of information of agricultural, because, if the farmers use more sources of information about the package of practices of arid legumes, it will lead to the increase knowledge (
Anderson and Feder, 2004).
Average production
Level of knowledge to farmers towards the package of practices of arid legumes, not depend on average production for farmers, but depends on other variables (
Rivera and Qamar, 2003). This calls for rejection of null hypothesis and acceptance of alternate hypothesis leading to conclusion that there is a significant difference in knowledge level of beneficiary and non-beneficiary respondents regarding to all eleven practices of mungbean cultivation In other words, there is no similarity between the level of knowledge of beneficiary and non-beneficiary farmers regarding arid legume production technology. (Rajasthan agriculture statistics at a glance (2016-17).
Correlation of socioeconomic variable with the knowledge level: soil preparation is better with the uneducated experienced old aged, high yielding varieties are used by the farmers who are educated ,young ,comparatively higher money possession and right spacing of the seed and was implemented by the people who are young and literate (
Alex, 2002) (Table 1).
Right kind of the seed treatment was made by the literate and the higher extension contact person (
Garforth, 2011) Organic manure was used by the farmers who were aware about the organic manuring .Chemical fertilizers are more used by the farmers who are better educated and knowledgeable (
Altalb, 2015).
Manual weed management is done by the old age farmers and chemical weed management and chemical weed management by the young and literate farmers,
Davis, (2008) plant protection through chemical is done by the young and progressive farmers manual threshing is done by old and uneducated farmers while mechanical threshing is used by the illiterate farmers (
Altalb, 2015).
The higher knowledge level of improved legume production technology among the beneficiary in comparison of non-beneficiary farmers is due to the reason that the trainings/FLD/field days were given to the beneficiary farmers by the Regional Research Station Jaisalmer they were also provided necessary guidance, by scientists and Subject Matter Specialist of Krishi Vigayan Kendra Jaisalmer and RRS - CAZRI.
(Altalb et al., 2015) whereas, the trainings were not organized on the field of non-beneficiary farmers they were not provided any type of guidance and training by the SMSs and Scientists. This might have result ending higher level of knowledge of beneficiary farmer in comparison to non-beneficiary farmers (Table 2) (
Kebede, 2008). The findings are in conformity with the findings of
Bareth (1991);
Chand (1993).
