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    A study of rural knowledge centres in Nainital district of Uttaranchal
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2006-05) Barala, Purushotam; Kameswari, V.L.V.
    The traditional system of information dissemination will not be able to meet to the needs of a diversified Indian agriculture. Access to relevant information and knowledge is crucial for empowerment and development of agriculture sector. Therefore, there is an urgent need to ensure access to ICT in rural areas and to disadvantage communities to disseminate simple, practical knowledge through Rural Knowledge Centers (RKCs). Keeping this in view, the present research investigation was carried as an exploratory study on RKCs in Nainital district of Uttaranchal. A pre-tested interview schedule was administrated for two types of respondents i.e. farmers and general users who used the services of RKCs. Data were collected from 152 respondents of 7 RKCs. Besides this, information was also gathered through content analysis of the portal, observations and checklist for assessing the infrastructure facilities The findings of the study revealed that RKCs provides two type of information i.e. static and dynamic. The respondent who used the services of RKCs had an average age of 31 years, educational up to intermediate level and most of the users were students. Majority of the farmers revealed that services of RKCs are expensive but easily accessible, more reliable and credible then traditional agriculture extension services. Farmers rated RKCs ―moderate‖ in terms of convenience and comprehension of services of RKCs, and they had negative perception about the immediacy of feedback, diffusion of innovation and extent of knowledge gain towards RKCs.