Abstract

A study was conducted to know the impact of training on knowledge and skill in paddy cultivation of farm women who had undergone a training on Farmers Training Institute, Hebbal, Bangalore. The mean knowledge score difference was observed to be 2.92 from before and after training conducted. The knowledge gain was observed as high in case of 47.17 per cent trainces. The factors like education, land holding, mass media participation and innovativeness were found significant relationship with the knowledge gain. Whereas skill acquired due to training. it was observed that 41.51 per cent had high skill acquired and the characteristics like social participation, land holding, decision-making and innovativeness were found significant relationship with their skill acquired.

Keywords: Knowledge, skill gain, institutional training, farm women, pre training, post training