1. VIGYAN ASHRAM (Indian Institute of Education) Volunteer organization working with motto of “ Education through Development & Development Through Education”. Focused area : Educational Philosophy based“ Learning While Doing” methodology Development of appropriate technologies and dissemination to rural community

2. Education Enterprise Development Rural Development Technology Rural Development Through Education

3. Technology innovations

4. Project Project Title Training rural youth (farming) in Research Techniques to prove use of appropriate farming technologies. Objective :  To train rural youth from community in research methodologies.  To use scientific knowledge and research techniques for improving agricultural productivity.  Use of new ICT tools & social media to make a simple system of record keeping.

5. PRESENT SCENARIO Source of livelihood with 70 % 17 % Contribution in GDP Average land holding > 2 He Less productivity due to traditional (non-scientific) agricultural practices. Neo-literate farming community. ROLE OF APPROPIATE TECHNOLOGIES Thousand of technologies available to improve package of practice. Government / Non- Government/ Privet institute available for providing training Even small technology intervention can help to improve productivity MISSING LINKS IN ADOPTIONS Farmers are not involved in development and dissemination of technologies. Not able to judge benefits of technology adoption. Don’t know research methodology & imp of data recoding Don’t have hand holding support

6. Project need & Scope Small technology intervention can make big difference. Thousand of technologies available Technology adoption needs scientific approach and adoptive changes. Proper record keeping & hand holding support for action research can change scenario!

7. Research Methodology Selecting young farmers Selecting appropriate technologies Training farmers in scientific adoption and record keeping methodologies Using mobile based social media tools to for continuous feedback and hand holding support during adoption Prove role of appropriate technologies in improving agricultural productivity.

8. Desire outcomes Developing ‘Action Research’ methodology for marginal income farmers. Testing efficiency of selected technologies directly on farmers field. Involving farmers in development, modification, adoption of useful technologies. Developing simple yet effective on-filed data recoding system by using mobile based applications/tools. Developing farming researchers community capable of finding solutions to their needs!

9. Expectation from workshop To explore applications of ‘Learning through Research’ methodology for rural Indian community To learn skills of conducting action research and experimental design. To explore use of new tools like mobile apps, social media platform in action research To network with leaders & professionals of this field