Agriculture Update

H. K. Verma ¹, Pradeep Yadav ², Kailash ²

Affiliations
1 Research Institute, CAZRI Campus, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), IN
2 Department of Extension Education, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand (Gujarat), IN

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the socio-personal, economical, communicational and psychological characteristics of member farmers of Gram Panchayat and to explore the relationships between selected characteristics of the member farmers and perception of the member farmers of Gram Panchayat about farm television. Data were collected through interviewing during the year 2012 from randomly selected eight taluka of Anand districts of Gujarat with the sample size of 96 respondents they were member of Gram Panchayat. Results indicated that slightly less than one third of the respondents were in secondary education group. Medium level of age group, extension contact, scientific orientation, risk orientation, economic motivation whereas farming experience, innovativeness were high and land holding were low level group. Majority of the member farmers had membership in one organization.The independent variables like, extension contact and scientific orientation had positive and highly significant correlation, whereas education, social participation, economic motivation, risk orientation and innovativeness had positive and significant correlation with perception of member farmers of Gram Panchayat about farm television whereas farming experience had negatively significant correlation with perception of member farmers of Gram Panchayat about farm television.

Keywords

Farm Television, Gram Panchayat, Perception.

Full Text

     

Kailash ¹, Om Prakash Mishra ¹, Shani Kumar Singh ¹, H. K. Verma ², Lokesh Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.), IN
2 Department of Extension Education, Anand Agricultural University, Anand (Gujarat), IN

Abstract

Now-a-days, one of the most important emerging tools of ICT is the mobile phones with a remarkable growth during last decade. Mobile phone technologies have provided a good platform for farmers to share their knowledge and information among each other in time such as weather information, crop and variety selection, fertilizer and irrigation management, disease and pest management, market prices of the product and on-going government programmes. Keeping this in view, a study was conducted assess the utilization pattern of mobile phones forsharing agricultural information among farmers in Merta block of Nagaur district of Rajasthan. A total of 110 respondents were selected for the study. This study has shown that a majority (83.63%) of the farmer used call to retailor than call to relative farmer (80%), internet user (29.09) and perceived as most information on weedicide, pesticide and disease control (89.09%) through mobile phones. The correlation studies indicated a significant association between educations, with extension agency contact and mass media of the farmer. The analysis showed that the poor connectivity, economic problem, high cost internet services and lack of updated information were some of the problems reported by the respondents.

Keywords

M-Learning, ICT, Mobile Enabled Information, Problemmes, Smartphone.

Full Text

     

H. K. Verma ¹, Pradeep Yadav ², Kailash ²

Affiliations
1 Research Institute, CAZRI Campus, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), IN
2 Department of Extension Education, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand (Gujarat), IN

Abstract

Television started as a modest affair in India on September 15, 1969 within the All India Radio set up on experimented television service in Delhi. It was soon converted into a full-fledged telecasting station. Later on, television centers were commissioned at Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai and a relay center was set up in Poona. The television set up was delinked from All India Radio (AIR) and under the name ‘Doordarshan’ was given the status of a full-fledged directorate with effect from April 1, 1976. Based on the recommendation of Chanda Committee the ‘Krishi Darshan’ programme was started by the Delhi Doordarshan on 26th January 1967. The programme was aimed for motivating and educating the farmers on various disciplines of agriculture. To find out various constraints faced by the member farmers of Gram Panchayat while viewing farm television, the study was conducted in Anand district have eight talukas, from each taluka three villages were selected randomly. Thus, in all 24 villages were covered with 96 member farmers of Gram Panchayat who were involved in Gram Panchayat. The data were collected through pre-tested structured interview schedule and appropriate statistical procedures were employed to analyze the data.Investigation was made relating to constraints faced by member farmers of Gram Panchayat in viewing of farm television. Frequency and percentage for each problem were calculated.An attempt was also made to ascertain suggestions from member farmers to overcome various constraints faced by them inviewing of farm television. The respondents were requested to offer their valuable suggestions against difficulties faced by them inviewing of farm television.

Keywords

Gram Panchayat, Constraints, Suggestion.

Full Text

     

Kailash ¹, Om Prakash Mishra ¹, Shani Kumar Singh ¹, H. K. Verma ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.), IN
2 ICAR-ATARI, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), IN

Abstract

Now times, 21^st century declared to be the age of information and communication technology. This is the time when more people everywhere are involved in acquiring new knowledge and skills. We cannot work in the society without on-line technology. The need of ICT interventions are felt need of the hour in agriculture as rural areas mostly depend their socio-economic growth with agriculture. Rural India needs a very strong and innovative intervention to take a giant leap forward “Connecting India”, with focus on rural connectivity is one such intervention, which can help, ignites the rural creativity to achieve its potential by integrating them in global market.Keeping this in view, a study was conducted assess the socio - economic impact of use the mobile phone technology (ICTs) among the farmer in Merta block of Nagaur district of Rajasthan. A total of 110 respondents were selected for the study. This finding has shown that the majority of maximum number of respondents (14.54%) used Kisan mela on regular basis followed by agriculture officer (7.27 %), the another result showed 69 per cent farmers used input dealers on regular basis followed by progressive farmer (64.54 %), neighbours (55.45%) and the various level of mass media sources TV was used on regular basis by majority of the farmers (30%) followed by newspaper (29.09%). However, 62.72 and 48.18 per cent respondents reported that they used TV and radio on occasional basis for agricultural information.

Keywords

m-Agriculture, ICTs for Development, Extension Contact Agency, Progressive Farmer, Radio, Television.

Full Text