ICT INTERVENTION IN DELIVERY OF ADVISORY SERVICES DURING PANDEMIC OF COVID-19: A CASE STUDY

R.K. SINGH¹*, R.P. SINGH², A.K. SINGH³, V.P. SINGH⁴, S.P. UPADHYAY⁵, A.K. SRIVASTAVA^6
1Subject Matter Specialist-Agril. Extension, ICAR-Mahayogi Gorakhnath Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Peppeganj, Chauk Mafi, 273165, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Senior Scientist & Head, ICAR-Mahayogi Gorakhnath Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Peppeganj, Chauk Mafi, 273165, Uttar Pradesh, India
³Subject Matter Specialist-Agronomy, ICAR-Mahayogi Gorakhnath Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Peppeganj, Chauk Mafi, 273165, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁴Subject Matter Specialist-Animal Science, ICAR-Mahayogi Gorakhnath Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Peppeganj, Chauk Mafi, 273165, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁵Subject Matter Specialist-Soil Science, ICAR-Mahayogi Gorakhnath Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Peppeganj, Chauk Mafi, 273165, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁶Subject Matter Specialist-Horticulture, ICAR-Mahayogi Gorakhnath Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Peppeganj, Chauk Mafi, 273165, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : rahulrrext91@gmail.com

Received : 25-05-2020     Accepted : 12-06-2020     Published : 15-06-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 11       Pages : 9936 - 9939
Int J Agr Sci 12.11 (2020):9936-9939

Keywords : COVID-19, Coronavirus, Pandemic, KVK, ICT intervention
Academic Editor : Dr Brijesh Kumar Ojha
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to ICAR-Mahayogi Gorakhnath Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Peppeganj, Chauk Mafi, 273165, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study revealed that the use of ICT interventions that include WhatsApp group, Facebook page, Website of the KVK, You tube channel, Personal phone calls, Radio talk, Tv talk, Text message, This research not only explores the exiting status of ICT interventions to deliver the advisory services during Corona period but also suggested the ways of digital world of the twenty first century specially the agriculture sector.

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