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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jafst.2321.1628.10222.2

Abstract

Agriculture is the largest sector of economic activity as well as the primary occupation of the majority of the people of India. It is perceived as the principal engine of economic growth and is the largest employer and provider of livelihood whereas 58 percent of the working population of the Nation directly depends on Agriculture. Since agriculture is the mainstay of the Indian economy and extension services in agriculture have an indispensable role and it is not limited to just expert assistance in the improvement of production and processing. It streamlines and enables the flow of information and the transfer of knowledge and scientific findings to practice. These functions are performed in accordance with the rules and mandates which guide and regulate the establishment of the organization, its functioning, goals, and fields of operation, ways to execute extension activities by the extension activities by the extension agent, and their obligation and rights. The present paper's aim is to study the attitude of farmers toward Extension Services Provided by KVKs.

Keywords : Attitude; Agriculture; KVKs; Farmers.

Corresponding Author : Arpita Sharma Kandpal, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Communication, College of Agricultural Communication, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar 263145, Uttarakhand, India.