TY - JOUR AU - S, Dilip AU - Thomas, Allan PY - 2017/12/07 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Constraints Perceived by Students in School Vegetable Gardening JF - Journal of Extension Education JA - JEE VL - 29 IS - 1 SE - Research Note DO - 10.26725/JEE.2017.1.29.5818-5822 UR - https://www.extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/221 SP - AB - <p><em>The study was conducted in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala to identify the constraints experienced by students in the course of engaging in school vegetable gardening programme. Ten schools were selected for data enumeration. A total of 130 respondents with 100 students comprising ten students each and 30 teachers comprising three each, from each school were selected for meeting the objectives of the study. The reaction to each constraint was obtained on a four-point continuum namely most important, important, less important and least important with the score 4, 3, 2 and 1 respectively. Mean rank cumulative index for each constraint was worked out and the constraints were ranked and catalogued. The major constraints as perceived by students in school vegetable garden projects were, high input cost followed by lack of student’s participation, lack of teacher’s involvement, non-availability of implements, high labour cost, poor storage facilities and lack of knowledge about gardening.</em></p> ER -