International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
CB Damor, DM Rathod, GD Hadiya and MB Patel

abstract
The ATMA at district level would be increasingly responsible for all the technology dissemination activities at the district level. The present study was conducted in Panchmahals district of Middle Gujarat. Multistage random sampling technique was followed for selection of District, Talukas, villages and FIGs members of ATMA. Panchmahals district comprises 7 talukas out of these 4 talukas viz. Godhra, Halol, Kalol and Sahera selected purposively. 4 villages from each talukas selected randomly, 1 active FIGs of ATMA from each selected village and from each FIGs group 15 members was selected. Total 240 members selected and interviewed. More than half (54.58 percent) of the FIGs members were found in the middle age group, less than three- fifth (57.92 percent)of the FIGs members had secondary to higher secondary level of education, more than half (55.41 percent) of FIGs members had a medium to high level of farming experience, slightly more than three-fifth (60.83 percent) of FIGs members had medium to high exposure visit, more than half (57.92 percent) of FIGs members had membership in one organization to two organization, more than half (56.25 percent) of the FIGs members had a medium to high level of training received, slightly less than two-third (65.41 percent) of the FIGs member had medium to high cohesiveness, Education, experience in FIGs, Social participation, Extension contact and mass media exposure had positive and highly significant relationship with cohesiveness, experience in farming, exposure visit, training received and annual income had positive and significant relationship with cohesiveness whereas age and size of land holding had positive and non-significant relationship with cohesiveness.