Farmers’ Awareness Level about ICT Tools and Services in Karnataka

Manjuprakash Patil; H Philip; N Sriram

doi:10.26725/JEE.2017.2.29.5870-5874

Farmers’ Awareness Level about ICT Tools and Services in Karnataka

Authors

Manjuprakash Patil University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore
H Philip Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. India
N Sriram Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2017.2.29.5870-5874

Keywords:

ICT, Mobile advisory, Social Networking, Awareness, Farmer, Karnataka

Abstract

A study was undertaken to elicit the farmers’ awareness about ICT tools and services in Karnataka. The study was conducted in Koppal district of Karnataka state with 120 respondents. It was found that more than half of the respondents had medium level of awareness on ICT tools and services. Majority of the respondents were aware of mobile advisory services by Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC). Almost twothirds of the respondents were aware of KCC (Kisan Call Centre) service. Slightly less than two-fourths of the respondents were aware of touch screen kiosks. The paper also discusses the awareness level of farmers on many other ICT tools.

Author Biographies

Manjuprakash Patil, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore

Ph.D., Scholar, Department of Agricultural Extension, UAS, Bangalore, Karnataka.

H Philip, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. India

Director of Extension Education, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. India

N Sriram, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. India

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. India

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Published

2018-05-14

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Patil, M., Philip, H., & Sriram, N. (2018). Farmers’ Awareness Level about ICT Tools and Services in Karnataka. Journal of Extension Education, 29(2). https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2017.2.29.5870-5874

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Vol. 29 No. 2 (2017): Journal of Extension Education (Special Issue : Agricultural Communication)

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Research Note

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