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    ROLE OF COMMUNICATION NETWORK IN MOBILIZING THE FARMING YOUTH IN BIHAR. (With special orientation to Patna district)
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION NAINI AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE, SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES (FORMERLY ALLAHABAD AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE) ALLAHABAB, U.P., 2018) KUMAR, ALOK; Dr. Jahanara
    Communication network is considered as the basket of technologies which assists or support on storage, processing of data / information or dissemination of information can be through radio, T.V, newspaper, e-portals, social media or mobile phones. Communication network integrated at a single place and for a specific aim or target would facilitate scientist and decision makers on suggesting to the farming community. The present study was conducted to explore the socio-economic characteristics and different communication network used by the farming youth and it's impacts in mobilizing youth in adoption of improved farm technology and also find out the constraints faced by the respondents in using communication network in Patna District of Bihar .Descriptive research design and PRA technique was used to identify the problems of farming youths. Two hundred respondents were selected through the purposive sampling method from Bihta and Bikram block in Patna district of Bihar, which was selected purposively. The data were collected by the researcher himself with help of pre – structured schedule. Collected date were tabulated and analysed with the help of appropriate statistical tools to draw the conclusion. The study inferred that the more than 46.00 per cent of the respondent belongs to medium level of socio-economic status followed by the low 34.50 per cent and high 19.50 per cent level of socio-economic status. The major communication network used by the respondents was kisan call centre (61%), Electronic media (44.50%), Internet (29.50%), Friends (18.50%), neighbours (15.50%). It was found that communication network was highly mobilizing youth in adoption of improved farm technologies, in medium level of adoption were found in wheat and rice crops. It was also observed that in case of Lentil and cabbage the adoption level of improved farm practices was also medium level. The variables like education, size of family, land holding ,annual income, social participation and extension contacts were positively associated with mobilization of youth in adoption of improved farm technology .Whereas age was found to have negative association and caste was found no association with the mobilization of youths in adoption of improved farming technologies. The major constrains faced by the respondents were speed and connectivity, call cost was high, internet cost was high etc. The majority of the respondents suggested that the properly electricity supply should be provided, cost of internet and cost of call should be minimize, which will leads maximum use of communication network among the farming youth as a result agricultural production and productivity of the crops will be increased .
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    ACCESSANDUSEOF ICT (INFORMATIONCOMMNUICATION TECHNOLOGY) TOOLSBYEXTENSIONPERSONNELFORTRANSFEROFTECHNOLOGYINALLAHABAD DIVISION OF UTTAR PRADESH
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION NAINI AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE, SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES ALLAHABAD, U.P., 2018) DWIVEDI, RISHI KUMAR; Dr. Dipak Kumar Bose
    Information Communication Technology comprises a set of technological tools and resources to create, dissemination, store and manage data and information. ICT can be broadly understood as the technologies that facilitate communication, processing and transmission of communication by electronic means ICTs rapidly gaining the central focal point for future word economic growth and development, while ICTs is ganging prominence as engine for economic growth. ICT tools like Radio, T.V., Video, film, slide, pictures, print media, internet, e-news paper, e-mail, and web based search engine, telephone, mobile; computer, etc. are being used to disseminate the information to the grass roots level users. At present the agriculture scientist and extension personnel in development of agriculture as the major responsibility to transforming technologies to farming community from time to time. The study was conducted in Allahabad region to determine the socio-personnel and psychological characteristics of the respondents to ascertain the accessibility to ICT tools by the respondents, to ascertain the utility pattern of ICT tools for transfer of technology, to find out the knowledge level of the respondents about ICT tools to analyze the factor influencing in the use of ICT tools and to trace the constraints faces by the respondents in use of the ICT tools for transfer of technology and seek their suggestions to overcome the constraints. Descriptive research deign was used for the present study. The study was covering 4 district i.e. Allahabad, Kushambhi, Fatepur, Pratapgarh which were selected purposively. The extension agencies in the Allahabad division such as Directorate of Extension of Agriculture University, 4 KVK and several State Agricultural Departments were selected for the present study. A total of 84 scientists/ AO and 196 FLEP were selected randomly for the present study, pre structure and pre tested interview schedule was used for collection data which were collected by the researcher himself through personnel interview method. Appropriate statistical tools were used to analysis the data for drawing a proper conclusion. The result revealed that the socio-personnel characteristics of scientists/AO were medium to high level where as FLEP have had medium level. The accessibility of the ICT tools was higher in case of scientists/AO but it was medium accessibility in case of FLEP. Utility pattern of ICT tools for transfer of technology by the scientists/AO were high but in case of FLEP it was low to medium level. The knowledge about ICT tools were medium to high in case of scientists/AO were as it was low to medium in case of FLEP. The major constraints faced by respondents using ICT tools were inadequate technically competent, insufficient number of ICT tools in the organization, insufficient budget allocation for ICTs, lack of up gradation of ICT equipments and lack of latest ICT infrastructure personnel in using ICTs. Proper care and management of utilization ICT tools in necessary in order to maximum utilization of ICT tools in the rural area. Government should take proper steps and proper Extension strategies to be followed for maximum utilization of ICT tools.
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    EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN BY PARTICIPATION IN AGRI-BASED ENTERPRISES
    (2016) SANGHAMITRA, PARAMGURU; Bose, Dipak Kumar
    During the last decade, research, extension, policy strategy and budgetary provision have been sensitive to the expansion of agribusiness for women sector. This calls for a scientific method of investigation so as to know the extent of empowerment being created among women owing to their participation in land based agri-enterprises. Hence, the present study is a step forward in this direction to measure the empowerment of rural women and their participation in the emerging agri-enterprises. Therefore keeping in view the above considerations the present study entitled “Empowerment of rural women by participation in agri-based enterprises” was undertaken with the objectives to assess the personal profile of rural women involved in agri-based enterprises, to determine the extent of participation of rural women in different agri-based enterprises, to ascertain the extent of knowledge of women about different agri-based enterprises, to find out the training needs of rural women in different enterprises and to measure the socio-economic empowerment of sample farm women and its association with extent of knowledge and participation. A descriptive research design was followed to conduct the present study. Sample Survey Method was used to collect the data from the respondents. Allahabad district was purposely selected for the study. Two Blocks (Jasra and Karchhana) were selected purposely for the study because more number of agri-based enterprises are existing in these blocks as compared to other blocks of Allahabad district. A list of all the women who were involved in different agri-enterprises was obtained from block offices and concerned Gram panchayats of the selected blocks of Allahabad. The names were arranged alphabetically and thereafter 200 respondents were selected randomly. An interview schedule was prepared to collect the data from the women involved in agrienterprises by the researcher herself. The interview schedule was pre-tested on twenty women involved in agri-enterprises of the nearby area of the actual study area. On the basis of the responses of the women, the schedule was modified and finalized. The data from the sample women was collected through personal interview technique with the help of an interview schedule. The scale developed and modified by Trivedi and Pareek (1963) was used with required modifications to measure socio-economic status of the respondents. The quantitative data obtained was analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Product and Service Solutions) version 20.0. The collected data was analyzed by computing the percentages, mean, weighted mean score, correlation and chi-square test. The study informed that majority of the respondents were found in the middle age group, backward caste, poor educational background, large and joint families, earning an average income. The respondents belonged to medium socio-economic status and were participating in different agri-based enterprises (crop production, vegetable production, milk and milk products, food processing and preservation, poultry, handicrafts (basket weaving) masala making, vermi-composting). In crop production, most of the respondents were involved in storage practices, irrigation and harvesting of crops whereas in vegetable production most of the respondents were involved in harvesting and transplanting of vegetables. Majority of the respondents were involved in dahi and ghee making, storage of milk whereas in food processing, the sample women were involved in the raw material selection, processing and preservation of prepared products. The respondents were having lesser participation in poultry farming but having more participation in basket weaving activities. The level of participation in masala making and vermi-composting was average. The respondents were having average knowledge in all the enterprises but the knowledge level was high in activities related to milk and milk products. Training needs in marketing to run the effective enterprises in crop and vegetable production, storage of milk and milk products, food processing in food preservation, health care in poultry farming, preparation of handicraft materials, marketing in masala making, preparation of vermi-compost were found. Training in rainy season, three days training duration, lecture, method demonstration, group discussion and firsthand experience by field visits were the main issues of training needs of the respondents, lectures and field visits as the methods of training and small group trainings preferred by the respondents. A significant association between the socio- economic status and knowledge about milk processing practices was observed from the study. There is a positive association between socio-economic status and participation of the respondents. The respondents with medium socio-economic status had more participation regarding agri-enterprises than the respondents with lower socio-economic status. The results also revealed a significant correlation between the rate of participation and knowledge of respondents in milk and milks products, poultry and vermi-composting. There is a strong and positive association between the participation, knowledge and empowerment of different activities undertook by the respondents of agri-based enterprises. The women have benefited quite well from their agri-based enterprises and got themselves highly empowered in social and economic spheres of their lives.