Impact of Training Approaches to Reduce Knowledge and Skills Gap in Cotton Crop: A Case Study Taluka Sinjhoro District Sanghar, Sindh
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Cotton, training, approach, effectiveness Sindh & SangharAbstract
Cotton is important fiber crop which is used to grow for commercially purpose. It’s growing all over the world, like India, USA, Russia, China, Brazil, Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, and Sudan etc. Cotton is cash crop and Pakistan known as ‘white gold’, cotton contributes 23.60 percent of value added and 4.45 of the total GDP of the country (GoP, 2021). Two third exports earning of the country are from the cotton made-up and textiles, it add $2.5 in national economy while country textile mills and ginning factories are also depends on cotton (Rani et al., 2017). Study objectives Identify and compare the training methods for cotton production perceived by cotton farmers, determine the effectiveness of various training methods on cotton farmers' knowledge and skills & Identify barriers to applying knowledge and skills by farmers. Total sample size were 100 cotton growers purposely were selected from study area. Data collection were collected through well design research questionnaire and data analyzed through (SPSS) statistical software. It was observed that overall training program had very positive impact on farmer’s knowledge and skills because farmers became aware about filed issue and they started practical work their field to get maximum yield from cotton crop. Public organization may be need for improvement for facilitation and capacity building of famers. Farmers awareness session increase their knowledge and work for more production.
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