Profile of the University Teachers and Constraints  faced by them in Communication and Transfer of  Agricultural technology

Kabita Debbarma; D.M. Mankar; Y.B. Shambharkar; K.B. Madhu

Volume : III, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

Profile of the University Teachers and Constraints faced by them in Communication and Transfer of Agricultural technology

Kabita Debbarma, D. M. Mankar, Y. B. Shambharkar, K. B. Madhu

Abstract :

The study entitled “Communication Behaviour of the University Teachers in Transfer of Technology” for research and extension was undertaken in Post Graduate Institute, Dr. PDKV, Akola. For present study, exploratory research design was used. For conducting the study, 100 respondents were selected by random sampling method. Findings revealed that, most of the respondents were middle age group (59.00%), majority of respondents (53.00%) were having Ph.D., about 41.00 per cent of the respondents were Associate Professor with having 64.00 per cent experience, whereas 74.00 per cent were time spent for seeking information and 59.00 per cent of respondents were from rural background. It was observed that 40.00 per cent of respondents had low training received, 62.00 per cent of respondents had utilized the sources of information, whereas 75.00 per cent of respondents were engaged in extension activities and 68.00 per cent of respondents were ing out various publications like research article/ folder/ popular article with good feedback from receivers respectively. The major constraints faced by the University teachers were lack of time (70.00%), lack of electricity (65.00%) and lack of adequate funds (52.00%).