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5. SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS5.1. SummaryThis study was conducted in Fogera district, South Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Fogerawas selected for this study because it is the pilot learning site of the sponsor of the project,IPMS. Despite many research studies conducted, there was no assessment and survey carriedout about modular training at FTC level. This limits the effectiveness of the training andfunctions of FTCs and their managerial activities of the whole system.Hence, this study was designed with the objectives of analyzing whether modular trainingsaddress the knowledge gap of farmers, and requirements effectively and enables them to usethe acquired knowledge, identifying linkage of FTCs with other institutions that would enablethem to provide effective knowledge and information sharing services and assessing positivedeviances of FTCs in performance and their contributions.Primary and secondary data were collected from relevant sources through interview schedulefrom sampled respondents. Moreover, key informant interviews, focused group discussionsand personal observations were conducted using check lists. Four PAs were selected, and forthe purpose of the study, a total 120 sample respondents were taken from sampling lists of thepopulation. In addition, 5 focused group discussions were held and 15 key informants wereinterviewed. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics usingSPSS version 12. RAAKS methodology and SWOT analysis were also employed for analysisof qualitative data.The effectiveness of modular training in the study area was evaluated using descriptivestatistics knowledge of trained and untrained farmers using teacher made test, t-test and chisquare.Hence the result of t-test indicated that there was significance difference betweentrained and untrained farmers (P=0.004) at 1% probability level.72