USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTS) BY THE WOMEN FARMERS OF REASI DISTRICT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR, INDIA

B. LAL¹*, S.N. QURESHI², L. STANZEN^3
1Sr.Scientist & Head, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Reasi, 182311, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu, Jammu, 180009, India
²Scientist, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Reasi, 182311, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu, Jammu, 180009, Jammu and Kashmir, India
³Scientist, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Reasi, 182311, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu, Jammu, 180009, Jammu and Kashmir, India
* Corresponding Author : drbanarsi2000@gmail.com

Received : 08-09-2023     Accepted : 28-10-2023     Published : 30-10-2023
Volume : 15     Issue : 10       Pages : 12699 - 12701
Int J Agr Sci 15.10 (2023):12699-12701

Keywords : Communication, ICTs, Technologies
Academic Editor : Dr R. S. Umakanth, Dr Hanumantappa Jamanal, Dr P. Prema
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Reasi, 182311, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu, Jammu, 180009, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

In Reasi District of Union Territory of J&K women farmers live in less accessible and isolated villages and dissemination of information to them is tedious. Under these circumstances, ICTs can be very effective to disseminate the information to them and have been accepted to cater the needs of the women farmers to a great extent. Information sources play the significant role in dissemination of various agricultural technologies to the women farmers. Effective communication from different sources and channels are helpful to provide agricultural information, knowledge, and skill to the women farmers of the district. Keeping in mind the importance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the transfer of agricultural technologies to the women farmers, a study was conducted in Reasi District of Jammu and Kashmir which was selected purposively. Out of 12 C.D. Blocks, 4 C.D. Blocks namely Reasi, Thuroo, Pouni and Katra were selected randomly. A sample of 20 per cent Gram Panchayats from each selected block was selected randomly. A sample of 20 per cent (120) women farmers was selected randomly from selected villages. Hence, a total of 120 respondents were finally selected for recording their responses for study purpose. An index was developed for studying the use of ICTs by the respondents. It was found that most women farmers were having television and mobile phones and most of them were using the television for the entertainment purpose. Extension personnel were considered as the most credible source of information followed by radio, television, newspaper, and computer

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