Motivational factors related to the participation of farmers in correspondence course in agriculture

Abstract

Results of the study indicate that 63.20 per cent participants of age group between 15 and 35 years joined the correspondence course with security motive ie securing a job in the agricultural field on the strength of the certificate of the course. But participants of age group 36 years and above (36.80%) joined the course with the self actualisation motive, ie. to acquire more knowledge about paddy cultivation and thus mastery of the subject. In both the cases, educational background of participants has no significant role in motivation.