Important profile characteristics of SHG members of Bagalkot district

Training imparts knowledge and skills and it improves the performance of an individual. Farm Universities, KVKs, Developmental departments impart trainings to the farming community. When they want to train women folk, SHG members would be the trainees most of the times. But these trainings would be more fruitful when trainees’ needs are identified and planed according to the needs identified. Keeping this in view the study was taken up in Bagalkot District of Karnataka to know their training needs. General information SHGs and profile characteristics are also important attributes to be known by the researcher while planning training programmes. Purposive sampling was used to select the District and Taluks. Random sampling technique was used to select SHG members. Simple statistical tools were used to analyse the data. The study revealed that only four SHGs were involved in group activities. Majority of the respondents were below 40 years of age and literate. Almost all the families of the respondents had domestic animals. Around 50.00 per cent of the respondents had attended Farmers’ Training programmes, group meetings, Agri exhibition and Krishimelas and they had free time also. So these SHGs members can be better trained in their areas of interest taking into consideration of their profile characteristics.