Volume 9 • Issue 1 • 1000321 Arts Social Sci J, an open access journal ISSN: 2151-6200 Short Communication Open Access Arts and Social Sciences Journal A r t s a n d S o ci a l S c i e n c e s J o u r n a l ISSN: 2151-6200 Ali et al., Arts Social Sci J 2018, 9:1 DOI: 10.4172/2151-6200.1000321 Keywords: Social; Population; Agriculture; Irrigation; Income Introduction Pakistan is known as an agricultural country. Greater than 70% population of Pakistan is related to agriculture. Now agriculture contributes 20.9 percent to GDP (Gross Domestic Product). It also provides raw material for industry (Govt, 2017). Te lack of technical knowledge about production technology of the major crops could be an important one. In this situation extension can play an important role for the increase of per hectare yield of diferent crops. It is the responsibility of the extension worker to difuse the innovation among the farmer community. For achieving this goal, various extension strategies have been applied which aimed at increasing from productivity and improving the income [1]. It has been observed due to the unawareness about the improved cropping technologies among farmers in Pakistan results the low yield. Tere are various information difusion methods has been adopted by public and private extension staf in Pakistan, but now it’s needing to manage well-developed and well-planned training strategies [2]. Te usefulness training based on the theoretical aspect that the trainee can describe and able to apply it in the actual environment, learned in a training program. Te farmers are willing to gain training in the feld of new agricultural practices and modern techniques they want to get training to uplif their living standard [3]. Updated international and local market information is the need of the time. Tis kind of information has direct infuence on the production of wheat crop. Growers are seeking for this kind of useful information, training and exhibitions are the most likely useful events for getting latest information [4]. Training is considering as the most reliable source for the farmers due to that they can make their decisions in more efcient manners Training and development are the continuous process [5]. Te need is that to perform one’s duty efciently. It is helpful to acquire new knowledge, experience, skill and techniques to perform efectively. Tere is need to know how to lead others are the better reasons for the training and development [6]. It is necessary to enhance the wheat production either by increasing its area under cultivation or by using improved production technologies. Better and latest production practice is a most important factor for the better wheat production [7]. Dissemination of the technical knowledge is not easy by itself. Tere is need of extension education and diferent extension methods used to technology transfer in agriculture sector. Te extension training programs are the tools to improve the agricultural techniques. Te extension training programs creates opportunities to establish relationship between farmers and extension workers. Te extension method based on the aim and experience it is most efective, benefcial and fundamental knowledge to improve the crop production [8]. It is very important to strengthen the farmers, extension staf and research relationship [1]. Sufcient training of famers about sustainable insect and pest control is needed urgently to minimize the risk of low yield. Tese pesticides also produce some lethal substances from which many greenhouse gas emissions arise, thus polluting our environment badly and having negative impacts on vegetation and bio-diversity, ultimately causing the climatic change [9]. Te provision of training about the production technology merely is not the solution of all the problems faced by the farming community but the contribution to increase the farm productivity. Te efectiveness of farmers’ training in the developing countries showed that many programs were failed in the beginning afer their initiation because of concentrating on a specifc technology transfer rather than empowering them including knowledge dissemination [10]. Methodology Te study was conducted in tehsil Nankana Sahib, in the Punjab, Pakistan. A sample of 110 respondents was selected purposively, who *Corresponding author: Muhammad Ifkthar, Institute of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Tel +92 41 9200161; E-mail: agrigak444@yahoo.com Received December 07, 2017; Accepted January 03, 2018; Published January 10, 2018 Citation: Ali S, Iftikhar M, Khan GA, Raza MH (2018) Performance Evaluation to Explore the Effectiveness of Training Programs among the Wheat Growers of Tehsil Nankana Sahib. Arts Social Sci J 9: 321. doi: 10.4172/2151-6200.1000321 Copyright: © 2018 Ali S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Performance Evaluation to Explore the Effectiveness of Training Programs among the Wheat Growers of Tehsil Nankana Sahib Safdar Ali, Muhammad Iftikhar*, Ghazanfar Ali Khan and Muhammad Hammad Raza Institute of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan Abstract Wheat is an essential part of meal from poor to rich families. However, comparing its neighboring countries, Pakistan could not perform impressively in the production of wheat. Lack of knowledge on the part of farmers about land preparation, irrigation application, pest and disease control and fertilizer application were the major hindering factor to meet the potential yield of wheat. Therefore, public and private sector provided many training programmes to enhance wheat production. The present study was conducted in tehsil Nankana Sahib. A sample of 110 respondents was taken conveniently who had received different trainings regarding wheat production. The collected data was analyzed with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to derive conclusions and formulate recommendations. Majority of the respondents (74%) reported that their knowledge and skills had improved after getting training about the production technology of the wheat crop. There should be adequate material and well-trained extension feld staff to educate the farmer.