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A Study was conducted to ascertain the level of Acquired Skills of trainees with respect to vermicompost production technology of training imparted by K.V.K. Nellore under ARYA programme. Farmers were selected from adopted villages namely Purandharipuram and Reddipalem of Buchireddipalem mandal and namely Chavatapalem and Sriramapuram of venkatachalam mandal were imparted training on vermicompost production technology. 60 trained and 60 untrained farmers from these four villages were selected for study purpose making the sample size up to 120 farmers. Findings of the study shows that Mean score on skill acquired in vermicomposting technology of trained farmers was 36.30 compared to that of untrained farmers being at only 12.15 out of a possible score of 100. The mean difference was 26.15, which is statistically significant at 0.01 level of probability indicating that the skill acquired among trained farmers was significantly higher than that of untrained farmers. With respect skill acquired in various components of vermicompost technology, majority of trained farmers (40-70 percent) were found to be ‘partially competent’ on eighteen of the twenty five competencies/skills in vermicompost technology. Among the untrained farmers, majority farmers (ranging from 75to 94 percent) were found to possess less competency in all the twenty five components of competencies/skills in vermicompost technology.

Keywords: Skills acquired, Vermicompost technology, KVK training, Impact, Competency.