International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Dr. Janmoni Shyam, Dr. Purnananda Konwar, Dr. Tanmoy Medhi and Dr. Dibakar Baruah

abstract
The present study was conducted with an aim to assess the knowledge gain of trainees about various aspects of piggery farming technologies through scientific training programmes organized by Assam Livestock & Poultry Corporation, Ltd, Khanapara, Guwahati-22. A total of 450 numbers of trainees participated in trainings on scientific piggery farming in the year 2023-24. A questionnaire was prepared to assess the knowledge level of the trainees after discussion with experts, subject matter specialists, officers of the departments and available review of literature. The questionnaire consisted of 15 different aspects of breed, management, feeding, marketing, diseases of pigs and biosecurity measures. The data were collected pre and post completion of the training with the help of questionnaire which were distributed to the trainees before training and after completion of the training programme. The knowledge gained was assessed based on the difference of knowledge level before and after attending the programme on scientific piggery farming. The overall knowledge of trainees on pre training evaluation was found to be 12.31% which increased to 88.66% on post training evaluation and the overall knowledge gain percentage was 76.35 per cent on scientific piggery farming.