Farmers Training through Video Conferencing App in Sub-Himalayan Region of India

Abstract

In India majority of the trainings were conducted through conventional training methods. Several limitations were found in conventional training. It was found from the different studies that the majority of Indian people used smart phones and the internet. So, there is a scope of online training through video conferencing app to overcome the limitation. Based on the issue a study was conducted on the effectiveness of online farmers training through video conferencing app. It is found from the study that majority of the trainees’ knowledge level was medium followed by low and high after taking training from video conferencing app. It is also shown from the study that online training saves time and resources, experts are easily available from a distance place, low-cost training methods and large numbers of participants were covered in a shorter time.

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Keywords

Conventional training, Smartphone, Video conferencing, Farming community, Knowledge

Citation

J. Agric. Technol., 10(1): 29-33 (2023) Print: ISSN: 2348-4721; Online: ISSN: 2349-610X