Roles of Farm Facilitators under Bhoochetana Programme

In India, the state Department of Agriculture charged with the responsibility of agricultural development has grown into mammoth service organization. Recently, to increase the productivity at least by 20 per cent a new project called 'Bhoochetana' is implemented under multi organisations partnership mode involving ICRISAT, KSDA and farmers. Under Bhoochetana programme the Assistant Agricultural officers based on the minimum eligibility i.e. S.S.L.C select the farm facilitators in Bhoochetana programme. Farm facilitators are important functionaries and are responsible for carrying out many developmental activities related to agriculture and other activities. So it is important to know how they perceive their roles and perform with interest and ingenuity in their positions, with this in view, the present investigation was undertaken with the specific objectives.

Autorentext
Dr. Prakash Tamagond, Young Professional, under NAHEP IDP Project at University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot (Karnataka). He has completed B.Sc. and Ph.D from UAS, Dharawad and M.Sc from UAS, Raichur & has experience in data collection, analysis and interpretation and also published papers in national/international journals.