TY - JOUR AU - B. R., Gayathri AU - Binoo P. Bonny, PY - 2021/10/03 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Perceived Entrepreneurial Training Needs of Trainees of Krishi Vigyan Kendras in Kerala JF - Journal of Extension Education JA - JEE VL - 32 IS - 3 SE - Research Article DO - 10.26725/JEE.2020.3.32.6552-6559 UR - https://extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/607 SP - AB - <p><em>The present study was conducted in the state of Kerala to analyse the training needs of 100 </em><em>trainees of five Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK). The findings indicated that the packaging &amp; marketing </em><em>of mushroom and post harvest handling value addition were the most preferred training areas by </em><em>the KVK trainees in mushroom production. In apiculture, honey extraction essential operations was </em><em>perceived as the most needed area of training. In the area of value addition of fruits and vegetables, </em><em>technology upgradation and packaging marketing techniques were the most preferred areas by the </em><em>trainees. Relational analysis revealed that socio-economic variables like educational status and annual </em><em>income, communication variables like extension contact and mass media exposure and entrepreneurial </em><em>variables like entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial need, entrepreneurial capacity, innovativeness,</em><br /><em>achievement motivation, decision making ability, risk orientation, self confidence, cosmopoliteness and</em><br /><em>economic motivation were found positively and significantly correlated with training needs. The KVKs</em><br /><em>should take concrete efforts to organize need based entrepreneurship development training programmes</em><br /><em>to improve effectiveness.</em></p> ER -