Farmers’ Satisfaction with Extension Services in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

Ganpat, Wayne; Webster, Nicole; Narine, Lendel

doi:10.5191/jiaee.2014.21304

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“…Also contrary to the study [21] found farmers' gender to be linked with Extension service satisfaction and outcomes. In another study [22] revealed that farmers' age, gender and education level significantly influenced farmers' level of satisfaction which was opposite to this study.…”

Section: Relation Between Clienteles' Satisfaction and Independent Vacontrasting

confidence: 93%

Clientele Satisfaction of Extension Services Provided by KVKs of Meghalaya

Dkhar

Devarani

2019

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The Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) are very important organisations for promoting agricultural development at the district level through the various trainings and other development programmes they offer. One way of knowing how effective these KVKs are in catalysing district agricultural development is to study the clienteles’ satisfaction of the farmers involved with those KVKs. In this study, 150 farmers across five districts of Meghalaya were interviewed to study the clienteles’ satisfaction, it was found that the client farmers of the KVKs were highly satisfied with the outputs and services of the KVKs since the overall clienteles’ satisfaction index was found to be 76.49. The farmers however did express a few problems such as non-timely delivery of relevant inputs/services, lack of innovative need based technologies and the lack of relevant market information. There should be more initiatives from the KVKs to provide regular market information to the farmers through the use of ICTs. Development programmes should be delivered timely so that farmers can plan their farming activities accordingly and more effort should be given by the KVKs to increase participation of farmers in programme planning and execution to help develop innovative need based solutions in accordance to the farmers’ problems.

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Section: Relation Between Clienteles' Satisfaction and Independent Vacontrasting

confidence: 93%

Clientele Satisfaction of Extension Services Provided by KVKs of Meghalaya

Dkhar

Devarani

2019

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“…Introduction Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) include hardware and software associated with desktop, laptop, and tablet computers, cellular and land-line telephones, radio towers, televisions, DVD players and more (McCole, Culbertson, Suvedi, & McNamara, 2014). ICTs enable Extension officers to respond to audiences faster, disseminate information to larger audiences, and save travel time and expenditures (Ganpat, Webster, & Narine, 2014). Strong, Ganpat, Harder, Irby, and Lindner (2014) suggested that future research should examine new Extension officers' capacity for using ICTs.…”

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Articles intended for publication should focus on international agricultural education and/or international extension education. Articles should relate to current or emerging issues, cite appropriate literature, and develop implications for international agricultural and extension education. Manuscripts, or portions of manuscripts, must not have been published or be under consideration for publication by another journal. Three types of articles are solicited for the JIAEE: Feature Articles, Tools of the Profession Articles, and Book Reviews. Feature Articles Feature articles focus on philosophy, current or emerging issues, and the methodology and practical application of specific research and appropriate technologies, which have implications for developed and developing countries. For publication in the JIAEE, feature articles must pass the JIAEE's double blind, referee process, where peer reviewers evaluate manuscript content and ensure readability. Reviewers are selected from the AIAEE membership. In the double blind, referee process, all references to authors are removed before the manuscript is sent to reviewers. Feature articles may be submitted for peer review a total of three times before they are no longer acceptable for publication in the JIAEE. Failure to meet the submission formatting guidelines will result in an automatic first rejection. Other Article Types Commentary articles state an opinion, offer a challenge, or present a thought-provoking idea on an issue of concern to international agricultural and extension education, including a published article in the JIAEE. These articles are invited by the editors. Tools of the Profession articles report specific techniques, materials, books and technologies that can be useful for agricultural and extension educators in a global context and/or in a country/region. Book Reviews provide insight on current books related to international agricultural education.

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“…Hence, farmers' access and satisfaction toward agricultural services is a critical factor to gauge the performance of cooperatives. Diversity and quality of the agricultural services are the main indicators for satisfaction (Ganpat et al, 2014). The present study investigates the satisfaction levels of the respondents toward the UACA.…”

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The Role of Cooperative Association in Providing the Agricultural Services in the Governorate of Unaizah - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Purpose : Generally Cooperative Associations play positive and productive role in disseminating the latest information on all aspects and services to the farming communities. However, it seemed imperative to assess the perceptions of the members and evaluate role of the Unaizah Agricultural Cooperative Association (UACA) to improve its working by addressing the issues and concerns of its members. Research Method : One hundred thirty-two respondents representing 25% of registered member farmers of the association were identified by applying a random sampling technique. Data were collected by using a welldesigned and pre-tested questionnaire to achieve the objectives of the study. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze and interpret the data. Findings : Respondents had high perceptions regarding the role of UACA in the following areas: makes agricultural innovations available to the farmers at suitable prices; establishes good contacts with extension staff; brings useful activities; helps solving agricultural problems; provides timely information; maintains good relations with its members; establishes beneficial agreements with traders to enable farmers to have easy access to markets. Though majority (70.5%) of the respondents were highly aware of the importance of the association yet almost half of the respondents (53%) were moderately satisfied, suggesting an improvement in its working. Originality/ Value : No scientific study of the kind has not been launched before. Hence the outcomes of the study would help the association in enhancing its working.

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Farmers’ Satisfaction with Extension Services in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

Cited by 21 publications

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The Role of Cooperative Association in Providing the Agricultural Services in the Governorate of Unaizah - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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