Volume : 5, Issue : 10, October - 2016

A Study on Awareness of the Farmers about various ICT tools / ICT Enabled Services for Accelerating Agriculture Production in Tamil Nadu

Mr. K. Dhanavel, Dr. J. Khaja Sheriff

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;To know the real effect of ICT enabled extension services among the stakeholders, the study was conducted with objective to find out the Farmers&rsquo; awareness about the different ICT enabled extension services in Tamil Nadu. The study was conducted at five important agro climatic zones of Tamil Nadu and covered eight distrits. By employing the purposive sampling method, 500 farmers were selected for the study programme. It was found that the farmers significantly aware about the extension information through SMS / Mobile call, Kisan Call, agri clinics, agri websites and crop doctor. All the identified independent variables had significant and positive relationship with the farmers awareness about the various ICT tools</p>