ISSN : 0975-3710
EISSN : 0975-9107
INNE LEGO1*, R. BORDOLOI2, PANKAJ KUMAR MEGHWAL3, MOROMI BURAGOHAIN4
1Agricultural Extension, School of Social Sciences, College of Post-Graduate Studies, Barapani, 793 102, Meghalaya, India
2Principal Scientist, ATARI-III, ICAR RC for NE Region, Barapani, 793 102, Meghalaya, India
3Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362 001, Gujarat, India
4Agricultural Extension, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785 013 Assam, India
* Corresponding Author : innelego91@gmail.com
Received : 17-01-2018 Accepted : 26-01-2018 Published : 30-01-2018
Volume : 10 Issue : 2 Pages : 5064 - 5065
Int J Agr Sci 10.2 (2018):5064-5065
Keywords : Problems, Arunachal Pradesh, Agriculture Officer
Academic Editor : Chandran K. P. Vipin, Bajaj Gagan, Virendra N. Barai
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors honestly acknowledge the help of the all teachers of School of Social Sciences, College of Post-Graduate Studies, Barapani, 793 102, Meghalaya & all supporting staff for extending their full cooperation, care & for their valuable help during the research
Author Contribution : Inne Lego is main researcher of the present study for whole research work and Dr R. Bordoloi is my major advisor and chairperson of the advisory committee and he guided me till publication of this research paper
Three districts viz., Papumpare, East Siang and West Siang were purposively selected based on the highest number of filled up post of agricultural officer. There are all total 64 officials in these three districts. So, census method was followed for selecting the respondents the data were collected through interview schedule. The problems faced by the extension personnel are lack of appropriate tools/AV aids/ICTs (67.97), lack of transport facilities (67.00) and lack of location specific technologies (63.48).
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