Assessment of Training Needs of Mandarin Growers Regarding Recommended Cultivation Practices

This study assesses the training needs of mandarin growers regarding recommended cultivation practices, with a focus on identifying specific areas where training requirement, conducted in Achalpur and Anjangaon Surji talukas in Amravati district of Maharashtra following purposive and simple random sampling methods. A survey of total 120 respondents revealed that 77.50 per cent had medium training needs, while 10.00 per cent exhibited high training needs. Notably, specific practices requiring significant training included integrated pest management, control of fruit drop, irrigation techniques, and nutrient management, where respondents showed considerable knowledge gaps. Correlation analysis highlighted significant factors influencing these needs such as age, education, farming experience, annual income, training received, extension contact, social participation, risk orientation and economic motivation. Regressional analysis demonstrated about the contribution of all the variables in causing the variation in the extent of training need by the margins of 57.32 per cent respectively.