Efficacy of Self-Developed Environmental Information Empowerment Package (IEP) in Transferring Knowledge to Farm Families

Bibliographic Data

ID5222259
AuthorsPoonam Sukhwal (Department of Family Resource Management, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology , Udaipur 313001, Rajasthan, India), Vandana Kaushik (Department of Family Resource Management, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology , Udaipur 313001, Rajasthan, India), Vandana Dixit Kaushik (0000-0002-0394-263X, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology)
Year2010
Volume30
Issue1
Pages71-73
Publication date2010-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Ecology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0970-9274 • E-ISSN: 2456-6608
PublisherKamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/09709274.2010.11906274
OpenAlexW2185861380
LanguageEN

The study was under taken with an objective to assess the impact of self-developed Environmental information empowerment package (EIEP) on environment protection through gain in knowledge of farm families. The present study was conducted in rural areas of Rajasthan. A sample of a mixed group of 30 willing farm men and women were identified data was collected by the self-developed questionnaire. The results of the study indicate that an apparent gain in knowledge can be observed after exposure to self-developed EIEP. Further, while the coefficient of variation during pre-test was as high as 20.57 percent with 1.81 SD and 0.33 SE it reduced to 7.13 percent (1.63 SD and 0.33 SE) in post-test. This indicates that there was a significant gain in knowledge in all the contents of IEP.Key Words: EnvironmentHealthRight to InformationPollution

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Knowledge management · Agricultural Development and Management · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Computer Science · Educational Methods and Impacts · Psychology

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