A STUDY ON ICT TOOLS USAGE BY THE FARMERS IN ANANTAPUR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

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dc.contributor.advisorMUKUNDA RAO, B
dc.contributor.authorJASWANTH NAIK, BANNOTH
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-14T06:03:14Z
dc.date.available2019-02-14T06:03:14Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionD5624en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled extension systems are acting as a key agent for changing agrarian situation and farmers lives by improving access to information and sharing knowledge. The term Information and communication technology was coined by Stevenson in 1997. An ex-post facto research design was followed to study the ICT tools usage by the farmers in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. The study was conducted in Andhra Pradesh state during 2017-18. Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh was purposively selected. Out of five divisions, three divisions were selected, one mandal is selected from each division, four villages from each mandal were selected for the study. Respondents are selected by proportionate random sampling procedure. Thus total of 120 farmers were sampled for the study. Data was collected by pre-testing followed by personal interview method. For the purpose of statistical analysis of the coded data, various tools were used; Frequency (F), Percentage (%), Arithmetic Mean ( X ), Standard Deviation (σ), Correlation co -efficient (r), Multiple Linear Regression (MLR), etc. The detailed analysis of profile characteristics indicated that majority of the farmers were medium aged (67.50%), educated up to High school level (65.00%), small level of land holding (40.00%), 20-30 years of experience in Farming (31.66%), 14-21 years of experience in usage of ICT tools (47.50%), medium level of possession of ICT tools (58.34%), medium level of annual income (45.00%), 1-2 trainings (44.16%), medium level of social participation (57.50%), medium level of extension contact (70.83%), medium level of innovativeness (59.17%), medium level of economic orientation (67.50%), medium level of risk orientation (53.33%), medium level of scientific orientation (67.50%) and medium level of cosmopoliteness (65.00%). The detailed analysis of the dependent variables indicated that majority (73.34%) of farmers had medium level of attitude followed by high attitude (15.00%) and low (11.66%) level of attitude. Majority (64.16%) of the farmers had medium level of ICT utilization followed by low level of utilization (19.17%) and high (16.67%) level of ICT utilization. The variables viz., education, land holding, experience in farming, experience in usage of ICT tools, possession of ICT tools, annual income, training undergone, social participation, extension contact, innovativeness, economic orientation, risk orientation scientific orientation and cosmopoliteness were significant with the attitude and age is non-significant with the attitude. The Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) analysis indicated that all the independent variables put together explained 75.80 per cent of variance in the attitude towards ICT tools by the farmers, remaining 24.20 per cent due to the extraneous factors. The variables viz., age, farming experience, farming experience in ICT tools, training undergone, social participation, innovativeness, economic orientation and risk orientation were found to be significant. Remaining profile characteristics viz., education, land holding, possession of ICT tools, annual income, extension contact, scientific orientation and cosmopoliteness are non-significant. The Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) analysis indicated that all the independent variables put together explained 78.30 per cent of variance in the extent of ICT utilization by the farmers, remaining 21.70 per cent due to the extraneous factors. The problems faced by the farmers on utilization of ICT tools were, high cost of ICT gadgets, high cost of servicing charges of ICT gadgets, lack of sufficient skills in usage of ICT tools, lack of uninterrupted power supply, lack of servicing centers of ICTs in villages, difficulty in understanding the language of ICT gadgets, poor connectivity of internet in villages, lack of subsidies on ICT gadgets, low level of education, insufficient training and practical exposure towards ICTs, non-availability of ICT gadgets and spare parts in local markets, lack of awareness of benefits of ICTs,lack of internet facilities, inadequate infrastructural facilities and poor economic condition of rural people. The suggestions given by the farmers were reduce the costs of ICT tools, provide subsidies on ICT gadgets, reduce servicing charges, giving continuous power supply, providing of messages in local languages, establish service centers in villages, provide trainings on ICT tools usage, provide trainings on development of skills in usage of ICT tools, create awareness campaigns on benefits of ICT tools, strengthen the internet connectivity, providing of internet facilities, establishment of large markets, provide infrastructure facilities, provide educational facilities near village and provide remunerative prices to their produce.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810094967
dc.keywordsICT TOOLS, ANANTAPURen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.pages194en_US
dc.publisherAcharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural Universityen_US
dc.research.problemA STUDY ON ICT TOOLS USAGE BY THE FARMERS IN ANANTAPUR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESHen_US
dc.subAgricultural Extensionen_US
dc.subjectnullen_US
dc.themeA STUDY ON ICT TOOLS USAGE BY THE FARMERS IN ANANTAPUR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESHen_US
dc.these.typeM.Scen_US
dc.titleA STUDY ON ICT TOOLS USAGE BY THE FARMERS IN ANANTAPUR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESHen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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