~ 177 ~ Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2020; Sp9(2): 177-179 E-ISSN: 2278-4136 P-ISSN: 2349-8234 www.phytojournal.com JPP 2020; Sp9(2): 177-179 Received: 17-01-2020 Accepted: 18-02-2020 Neha Singh Research Scholar, Dairy Extension Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India Dr. Neelam Bhardwaj Professor, Department of Agricultural Communication, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, India Smriti Singh Research Scholar, Department of Agricultural Communication, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, India Corresponding Author: Neha Singh Research Scholar, Dairy Extension Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India Opinions of farm women regarding vocational trainings conducted under KVK Jeolikote Neha Singh, Dr. Neelam Bhardwaj and Smriti Singh Abstract Imparting vocational training is considered as the basic principle of Krishi Vigyan Kendra. Training has been used as an effective tool to develop human resource by giving opportunity to develop knowledge, attitudes, and skills which will accelerate their all-round development. The present study was conducted in Nainital district of Uttarakhand. To assess opinion of the 90 farm women regarding vocational trainings conducted under KVK Jeolikote. Descriptive research design was used for the present investigation. Based on the nature of data, frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation was used as statistical tools. Majority of trainees preferred their own village as suitable venue for training, and three fourth of the respondents suggested that most suitable time for imparting training was during slack season. Keywords: Imparting vocational training, slack season, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, human resource Introduction Women are the back bone of the nation. They generally constitute nearly half of the global population and approximately account for one-third of the total labour force and perform nearly two third of working hours (UN, 1995) [5] . They are recognized as the pillars of progress and development for the country. In spite of the fact that the women’s contribution and role to the country’s development is equal to that of man, they still experience a diverse variety of limitations that restrain them from assimilating their full potential for expansion. Women are the vital human infrastructure and their empowerment (economic, psychological, social and political) would accelerate the pace of national development. Developing the women capabilities and empowering them is the important way to contribute to economic growth and overall development. In Uttarakhand, rural women constitute the productive work force in the economy of this region. Inspite of their major role they still lagged behind in many areas like economic dependency, and social neglect. Government initiated various schemes to make them self-sufficient. Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) has been working regularly to uplift the rural masses through vocational trainings provided through KVKs. Research Methodology The present study was conducted in Uttarakhand state. Out of thirteen districts of the state, Nainital was selected purposively for the present study as Krishi Vigyan Kendra; Jeolikote has been working in this district. Bhimtal block was selected purposively as KVK Jeolikote is located in this block and maximum numbers of vocational trainings are organized by KVK in this particular block. Selection of three villages was done randomly. A complete list of trainees who had undergone trainings during (2017-18) conducted by KVK Jeolikote in the villages were obtained by investigator from KVK personnel. The beneficiaries were selected from the villages. Equal numbers of non-beneficiaries were selected from the villages by using proportional allocation method. Thus constituting the total sample size of 90 women in which 45 were beneficiaries and 45 were non beneficiaries. Opinion was operationalized as the suggestions or views taken from the trainees with regard to venue, time, duration of training and different training activities or tools which need to be improved or taken care of while training programme. The opinions of the trainees on different aspects of training programme were obtained. To measure the opinion of beneficiary farm women towards vocational trainings, an opinion scale was used. The scale consisted of different options for farm women to know the opinion of the respondents, regarding venue, time, and number of days and size of training groups. The response of the beneficiaries only was taken with the multiple options given to each category. Overall score for each respondent was calculated with the help of frequency and percentage, and thereafter, respondents were categorized accordingly.