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ICTs Supported Agricultural Extension Services: A Study on Information Access for Farmers in Barnala District of Punjab

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Title ICTs Supported Agricultural Extension Services: A Study on Information Access for Farmers in Barnala District of Punjab
 
Creator Singh, Suryendra
P. S. Tanwar
Sharma, Anjuly
 
Subject ICT
E-Extension
Agricultural Extension
 
Description ICTs have enormous potential to improve e-extension advisory services if taken advantage of by the 'extension agents' in the diffusion process of innovations. ICTs can play a crucial role in strengthening the capacity of farmers and the field level extension functionaries and intermediaries. The purpose of the study was to analyze the use of different ICTs in agricultural knowledge pathways, the dissemination pathways, line departments, and socio-economic factors. Data were analyzed manually and using R software (version 3.6.1). A total of one hundred farmers were interviewed, with a purposively selected sample of 60 farmers, using a pre-formulated questionnaire from all three blocks of Barnala district. The findings indicate that farmers depend on four major ICT applications viz., mobile apps, television, internet browsing and Facebook to access information. The lack of harmonization and weak linkages between line departments in utilizing the existing ICT tools, level of ICT ownership and access to information at the household level were found important challenges for ICT-enabled agricultural extension services.
 
Publisher National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE)
 
Date 2021-12-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/159325
 
Source Journal of Agricultural Extension Management; Vol. 22 No. 2 (2021): Knowledge Management for Agricultural Librarians and Information Professional; 201
0976-3120
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/159325/56953
 
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