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Subject: Extension Education × Author: Jyoti × End date: 2023 × Start date: 2020 ×
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    Usage of information and communication technologies by extension personnel at KVKs in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-05) Jyoti; Dahiya, Manju
    Information and communication technology in agriculture (ICT in agriculture), also known as e-agriculture, is developing and applying innovative ways to use ICTs in the rural domain, with a primary focus on agriculture. Farmers are sometimes hesitant to adopt new technologies because they fear losing their traditional methods of cultivation. Convincing them should be the first step in encouraging rural ICT use. The socio-demographic profile of extension personnel from all the KVKs of Haryana state reveled that majority of the respondents (56.2%) fall into the age group of 29-40 years, were males (75.0%), Subject Matter Specialists (78.7%), had a service experience of 1-5 years (37.5%), majority of the respondents were PhD with NET (97.5%) and were from the discipline of agronomy (25.0%). Cent per cent of extension personnel had availability and accessibility to ICT with them. Majority of the respondents (90.0%) had basic purpose of gaining/updating knowledge and printing/ publication (printed online), majority of the respondents utilized ICT for gaining information on nursery management with (WMS-2.63), (56.2%) utilized 1-2 GB internet per day where 31.2 percent had the extent of usage for 2-4 hours, regarding media exposure, majority of respondents (95.0%) had exposure of package of practices. Index showed that 81.8% of the extension personnel had knowledge regarding information communication technology. Majority (76.5%) of respondents from the discipline economics were using ICT (rank-I) for dissemination of knowledge followed by soil science (71.0 %) with (rank- II). Majority of the respondents found e-mausamhau krishi seva most supportive platform with (Garret score 88.97) for weather information. ―Economic constraints‖ with composite index- 82.96 (rank- I) followed by ―infrastructural and technical‖ constraints with composite index – 82.70 (rank – II) were the major constraints faced by extension personnel. It was found that the age, gender, hours of power supply of the respondents had significant correlation with acquisition of knowledge. For dissemination of knowledge also the age, gender, post held, service experience, hours of power supply of the respondents had significant correlation with solving problems (r= 0.247), demonstrating new technology (r= 0.223), imparting training (r= 0.235), giving advice to farmers (r= 0.224), preparing media (r = 0.2.18) and contacting farmers (r= 0.211). It was suggested by cent per cent of the extension personnel that there should be establishment and strengthening of ICT center, liason and access with agricultural research centers through ICT followed by access to e-external sources 97.5 percent and at village level information kiosk should be developed 8.7 percent.