Farmers perception about single window delivery system Kumbhare N.V.1,*, In-charge, Krishna D.K.2, Ph.D. Scholar, Yadav K.S.1, Chief Technical Officer, Kumar Harish1, Assistant Chief Technical Officer, Dabas J.P.S.1, In-charge, Sharma J.P.3, Joint Director (Extn.) 1ATIC, New Delhi-110012 2Division of Agricultural Extension, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012 3ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012 *Corresponding author email id: n_kumbhare@yahoo.com
Abstract Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC) is a single window delivery system for the Institutes technology and services to the farmers. To bridge this gap of information, Agricultural Technology Information Centers (ATIC) have been established in the country. The study was conducted to have idea about the farmers’ perception about single window delivery system. The data was collected from 150 farmers those who have visited and registered at IARI- ATIC during the year 2016 and 2017. Farmers those who have visited ATIC earlier (recent past) were selected randomly for the study. A majority of the farmers visited were from Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The study revealed that a majority of the farmers’ (77.33%) purpose of visit to IARI-ATIC was for purchase of Pusa seed. A majority of the farmers (42%) visits ATIC two times in a year. The major source of information to the farmers about IARI technology is television (78.76%) followed by newspapers (54.66%), fellow farmers (52.66%), radio (43.33%) and input dealers (31.33%). The level of satisfaction towards paddy was highest followed by wheat and mustard variety. A majority of the farmers were observed significant response about improvement in ATIC activities i.e. good improvement in sale of Pusa seed (71.33%) followed by Krishi advisory services (70%) and Pusa helpline (65.33%). Top Keywords Advisory services, Feedback, Single window delivery, Level of satisfaction. Top |