Comparative Analysis of Effectiveness of Extension Services delivered by State Department of Agriculture, Krishi Vigyan Kendra and Non-Government Organisation of Bikaner District of Rajasthan

Several years before independence public sector or public bodies are functioning extension services in the rural areas for development in the field of agriculture and allied fields. As the globalization and technological transformation occurs, non-government and private bodies also lend a helping hand in boosting the activities of extension. Thus, government and non government are two key organisation for the transfer of technology to the agriculture sector in the country. The identified findings of the study show the significant difference between effectiveness of extension services reported by 180 beneficiaries of the sample, 60 farmers or beneficiaries (women and men) each from State Department of Agriculture, Krishi Vigyan Kendra and Non-Government Organisation of Bikaner district of Rajasthan. The ex-post facto Research design was used for this study. Arithmetic mean, F-test (ANOVA) and post hoc test was used to identify significant difference between effectiveness of extension services are some statistical tools used in this study. It was found from the study that there is a significant difference between the means of delivery of extension services by SDA, KVK and NGO.