Farmers’ Attitude towards Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - A Study of Kangra District (Himachal Pradesh)

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Nitika Sharma , D.D.Sharma , Supriya Srivastava

Key words: ICT, Marginal, Attitude, Information sources etc.

The study conducted on a random sample of 120 respondents selected from Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh revealed that all the respondents were engaged in agriculture, male (91%) residing in Joint family system (74%) and belonged young to middle age categories (85%). About (80%) of them were marginal and small farmers’ with educational status as Higher Secondary to Senior Secondary passed and tube–well was the main source of irrigation (73%). Majority of the respondents (61%) had taken information related to agriculture from their relatives/friends. Those who had consulted Horticulture Development Officer and Horticulture Extension Officer were 23.33 per cent. The study further found that about 26 per cent of the respondents had Favorable attitude toward the use of ICT. Those who had Neutral and Unfavorable attitude were found to be 45 per cent 29.16 per cent respectively.

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Nitika Sharma , D.D.Sharma, & Supriya Srivastava (September-2023). Farmers’ Attitude towards Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - A Study of Kangra District (Himachal Pradesh). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 8(9), a45-a54. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2309007.pdf

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Country: Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

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