Objective evaluation of the agricultural exhibition conducted at the campus Kerala Agricultural University Vellayani

Abstract

An attempt was made to evaluate the three day Agricultural Exhibition conducted at the Vellayani Campus of the Kerala Agricultural University during July, 1 979. Forty participant farmers were randomly selected and were personally iniervjewed to assess their perception about the treatment and utility of \ the selected exhibits. The treatment utility index of the exhibition was quite high being 64.80 percent. The Rank order correlation coefficient also indicated greater degree of concordance in the treatment and utility of the individual exhibits. In general, the exhibits relating to innovations which had high practical applicability and of immediate interest to the farmers were assigned higher ranks in the treatment-utility ladder.