Democratic Nature of the Modes of Learning by the Farmers Community in India: An Analytical Study

Exploring the Farmers' Learning Approach in India

Abstract

India celebrates cultural, regional, religious, lingual diversities which demand for the tolerance and respect among the citizens. Most of the population is from farmer’s community, being an agriculture-based country. Through the outreach and extension programmes, adult education has always fulfilled and met the needs and demands of the farmers by making provisions for their learning like organizing fair mela, awareness campaign, short training programmes, panel discussion of experts with a farmer representing the community, giving opportunities to the farmers and the students studying agriculture (as a subject) to share their theoretical knowledge and the practical knowledge. For addressing the issues related to agriculture, farmers are approached through newspaper, radio, television, mobile, internet, magazines, Chaupals (gathering of people at village centre sharing experiences), workshops and training programmes, etc.