effectiveness of modular training at farmers - IPMS Information ...
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3.2.3. Types and sources <strong>of</strong> d<strong>at</strong>aTo draw out the necessary inform<strong>at</strong>ion for a given research, it has been decided the types <strong>of</strong>d<strong>at</strong>a th<strong>at</strong> need to be collected and the source from where the d<strong>at</strong>a are to be g<strong>at</strong>hered. Bothprimary and secondary d<strong>at</strong>a were g<strong>at</strong>hered. Primary d<strong>at</strong>a were collected from sampledrespondents and key informants on different aspects assumed to affect the <strong>effectiveness</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>modular</strong> <strong>training</strong> <strong>at</strong> FTC level using semi-structured interview and check lists. In order todraw the right conclusion from the survey work, qualit<strong>at</strong>ive inform<strong>at</strong>ion was also g<strong>at</strong>heredthrough group discussions, observ<strong>at</strong>ions, key informant interviews and indirect particip<strong>at</strong>ion.Secondary d<strong>at</strong>a were also searched and collected from books, journals, reports, magazines,proceedings, documents, and different communic<strong>at</strong>ion media.3.2.4. Methods <strong>of</strong> d<strong>at</strong>a collectionBased on both primary and secondary d<strong>at</strong>a sources, qualit<strong>at</strong>ive and quantit<strong>at</strong>ive d<strong>at</strong>a werecollected using different methods. For primary d<strong>at</strong>a, semi-structured and structuredinterviews, five focused group discussions, fifteen key informants were interviewed, anddirect observ<strong>at</strong>ion using checklists have been used depending on the context <strong>of</strong> specificobjectives <strong>of</strong> the study. Secondary d<strong>at</strong>a were g<strong>at</strong>hered from different documents. Eightenumer<strong>at</strong>ors were selected from the study area and they had taken <strong>training</strong> in Dec, 2009 foradministering structured and semi-structured interview schedules. Pre-test was done andessential amendments were made based on such comments. After formul<strong>at</strong>ing the interviewschedules, necessary editing has been done for its validity, consistency and clarity, based on apre-test on selected non-sample respondents.To supplement the quantit<strong>at</strong>ive d<strong>at</strong>a g<strong>at</strong>hered through respondent <strong>farmers</strong>, qualit<strong>at</strong>ive d<strong>at</strong>awere also collected through key informant interviews, observ<strong>at</strong>ions, focused groupdiscussions and check lists. Efforts had been made to explain to respondents about thepurpose <strong>of</strong> survey. In addition to the above, some appropri<strong>at</strong>e tools such as RAAKS windowsand tools have been employed. Moreover, knowledge test, practice assessments and Likertscale has been used for trained and untrained <strong>farmers</strong> on beekeeping, dairy and f<strong>at</strong>tening37
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