Advances in Life Sciences
Year : 2016, Volume : 5, Issue : 13
First page : ( 5501) Last page : ( 5504)
Print ISSN : 2278-3849. Online ISSN : 2278-4705.

Assessing Extent of Use of ICTS For Market Information by the Farmers of Udham Singh Nagar District of Uttarakhand

Tomar Ankit*, Bhardwaj Neelam

Department of Agricultural Communication, College of Agriculture, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand

*Email: saras.piyush11@gmail.com

Online published on 2 January, 2017.

Abstract

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in agriculture have the potential to facilitate greater access to information; it can provide access to vital information and can connect the rural poor with well established markets. In this present study was conducted in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand to know the use of ICTs for obtaining market information by the farmers. Analytical research design was used for the present study. A sample of 120 respondents was selected from the study area. One member was selected from ten per cent households from each village. Regarding the extent of use of ICTs, majority i.e. 71.67% of farmers fell in very low level category, and followed by 22.50% of the farmers fell in low level categoryand none ofthe respondents was having high level of extent of use of ICTs in order to get the information related to market.

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Keywords

Extent of use, ICT, Market information, Uttarakhand.

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