M. RAJESWARI*, S. V. PRASAD, V. SAILAJA AND N. SUNITHA

Department of Agricultural Extension Education, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502..

ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted in Ananthapuramu district of Andhra Pradesh. To study the profile of Accion Fraterna Ecology Centre beneficiary farmers, a total of 120 respondents were randomly selected and interviewed. The results revealed that the beneficiary farmers were in middle age (36-55 years) group (53.33%), educated up to primary school (23.33%) and functionally literate (20.00%), belongs to marginal and small farmers (75.83%), had medium annual income (59.17%), medium farming experience (62.50%), had medium extension contact (58.33%), medium mass media exposure (62.50%), medium training undergone (64.16%), medium economic orientation (60.00%), had medium social participation (63.33%), scientific orientation (65.00%).

KEYWORDS: Profile, Accion Fraterna Ecology Centre, land holding, extension contact.