Construction of Knowledge Test to Measure the Knowledge of KVK Beneficiary Farmers on Farming Practices
S. Ramalakshmi Devi *
DAATTC, Utukur, Kadapa, India.
P. V. Sathya Gopal
Institute of Agribusiness Management, S. V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, India.
B. Vijayabhinandana
ANGRAU, India and Department of Agricultural Extension, Agricultural College, Bapatla, India.
K. Srinivasulu
Department of Agronomy, Agricultural College, Bapatla, India.
V. Sreenivasa Rao
Department of Statistics and Computer Applications, Agricultural College, Bapatla, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Knowledge on farming practices helps in implementing the best practices in the farm to improve the production system to get higher returns by the farmers. Krishi Vigyan Kendras are the knowledge network centres with district as jurisdiction. Due to the limited availability of knowledge tests to measure the knowledge of Krishi Vigyan Kendra KVK beneficiary farmers on farming practices, an attempt had been made to develop a test for measuring knowledge of KVK beneficiary farmers on farming practices. For this purpose, pertinent items were collected covering all aspects of farming practices. After getting jury opinion on the items of test, the item difficulty index, item discrimination index and point bi-serial correlation were worked out. Thirty eight statements were finally selected from 60 statements to measure the knowledge of KVK beneficiary farmers on farming practices. To administer the knowledge testa score of one was given for each correct answer and zero was given for a wrong answer. Thus the standardized knowledge test developed in this study can be used to measure the knowledge of beneficiary farmers by any KVK and the respondents can be categorized into low, medium and high groups based on the mean and standard deviation.
Keywords: Farming practices, agricultural technologies, bi serial correlation, agricultural stakeholders