Title: CONSTRAINTS FACED BY EXTENSION SCIENTISTS IN COMMUNICATING AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION

Authors: Soumya Mishra, Ravinder Kaur Dhaliwal and Pramod Tripathi

Publisher: The President, Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: constraints, extension scientists, agricultural information, PAU, OUAT

Volume: 40

Issue: 1

Year: December 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2025.40.1.0011

Abstract: The present study aimed to assess the constraints faced by 150 extension scientists in Punjab and Odisha states in communicating agricultural information to the farmers in 2023. Respondents were selected following probability proportionate to the number of extension scientists in each university, resulting in 73 from Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and 77 from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT). Constraints faced by the Extension Scientists while seeking information and disseminating information was measured on a three-point continuum i.e., frequently, occasionally, and never and scores of two, one and zero were assigned, respectively and further summed scores were categorized into three categories by using cumulative cube root method i.e. rarely, occasionally and frequently. Majority of the respondents faced the problem of insufficient staff availability for field assistance, lack of timely funds to carry out training and field activities and unavailability of transport facilities in both the universities. In both universities, more than fifty per cent of the total respondents were facing the problems occasionally followed by rarely. Recruiting more staffs, providing transport facilities for each headquarter and outstation and timely funds for conducting a greater number of extension activities for needy farmers will be beneficial.