Ex- post facto research design was followed for carrying out the study in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Sample comprise of 120farmers randomly from four randomly selected mandals of Mahabunagar district which was a purposive selection. Two parameters namely extent of utilisation and extent of adoption were considered for the construction of utilisation index. To study the relevance of different aspects of each of DAATTC services judges were contacted. The aspects under each of the services whose values were more than one were finally selected. To measure the adoption, recommended practices in cotton crop were selected to prepare the schedule in consultation with scientists of DAATTC, teaching staff of college of agriculture, Rajendranagar and officials of state department of agriculture and other staff. The respondents were asked to respond to each sun item of adoption of these practices with respect to their extent of adoption of respondents. Majority of respondents had medium utilisation of services of DAATTC. | Nội dung Text Development of extension service utilisation index
