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OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY: 1. To assess the knowledge regarding vector borne diseases among the framers selected rural area of Chittoor district. 2. To assess the effectiveness of planned teaching program on Knowledge regarding vector borne Diseases among the farmers of selected rural area of Chittoor district. 3. To find out the association of knowledge about pre-test and post-test the with their selected demographic variable. METHODOLODY OF THE STUDY: The research design used for the study was a descriptive research design. The research approach used for the study was the descriptive approach. The sample size was 60 Farmers. The sample was selected by purposive sampling method and was assessed for a level of vector borne diseases among farmers at selected villages. Analysis of data was done by using descriptive and inferential statistics. THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY WERE: o 48.30% with age group of 35- 55 years and 30.00% age group of 56-75 years. o 60.00 % study population were male and 36.70% study population were female. o 68.30% study population knows Telugu language. 21.70% study population knows Tamil language. o 86.70% study population comes under married. 6.70% study population comes under widow. o 55.00% respondents Belongs to informal education, 28.30% respondents belongs to primary education. o 60.00% study population income were below 5000 Rupees, 23.30% study population income were below 5000-10,000 Rupees. o 33.30% study population were 1-3 hours working in the field, 41.70% study population were 3-5 hours working in the field. o 38.30% study population having 1-5 cultivation in square feet, 31.70% study population having 5-10 cultivation land in square feet. o 56.70% farmers cultivating crop is rice, 21.70% farmers cultivating crop is wheat. o 80.00% farmers affected with vector borne disease in previous and remaining 20.00% farmers are free from vector borne disease. o Among participants of pre test 76.70% study population having inadequate knowledge, 20.00% population having moderate knowledge and 3.30% population having adequate knowledge. o Among participants for post test 11.70% study population were having inadequate knowledge, 20.00% population were having moderate knowledge and 68.30% population were having adequate knowledge. o Among study population were using distribution mean, standard deviation, t value and p value of pre test and post test knowledge. The mean for pretest knowledge is 8.88% and post test knowledge is 17.85%. the standard deviation for pretest knowledge is 4.038% and post test knowledge is 4.029%. the t value for pretest and post test knowledge is 15.774%. o Among study population using correlation of knowledge in pre test and post test 0.404. CONCLUSION The present study aims to evaluate knowledge of planned teaching programme on vector borne diseases among farmers and to prepare on information booklet on the management of vector borne diseases of farmers.