Constraints Encountered by ATMA Beneficiaries for Disseminating Agricultural Knowledge in Chhatarpur District of Madhya Pradesh, India

Abstract

A group of important stakeholders in the district's agricultural development for sustainable agriculture is known as ATMA. It serves as a hub for the decentralization of the public agricultural technology System's regular operations and the integration of research and extension activities. It is a registered society responsible for technology dissemination at the district level. This study was carried out in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh state. Ex-post-facto research design was followed in the study. For the present study 210 respondents were selected for present study. The study found that constraints encountered by ATMA beneficiaries lack of communication facilities was identified as major constraint reported by highest percentage of respondents (87.14%) and ranked first, followed by poor contact between farmers, agriculture officers & scientist with opinion of 83.33 per cent respondents and ranked in second, inadequate and untimely supply of desired inputs reported by 71.90 per cent respondents. Among the suggestion given by ATMA beneficiaries to overcome the constraints in participation of different ATMA activities presented in Table 2 revealed that the majority of beneficiaries (89.05%) were suggested to organize programme in right time and given it first rank. The suggestion on “demonstration should be conduct on farmer’s field” was identified by 80.48 per cent beneficiaries and got it second rank. The 65.71 per cent beneficiaries were suggested to “information must be provided on proper time” and given it third rank. we suggested that latest information regarding agricultural technology should be provided during training programme, interested rural youth and ATMA beneficifies should be selected at as Kisan Mitra and more need focused trainings should be arranged.