Opinion on Adoption and Effectiveness of Information and Communication Technologies in Crop Production

Author: Sagar S. Pujar, Amaresh Kumar K., Sahana S., D. Shashikalabai and Sai Tejashree G.

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Abstract

The study was conducted in the year 2017-18 in Shivamogga and Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka state with a sample size of 120 farmers. Simple random sampling procedure was used to select the sample. The data was collected with the help of structured interview schedule. It was found that majority (86.67 %) of farmers were aware first-time information about transplanting tree along the roots, followed by 81.67 per cent of the farmers inferred growing different shapes of fruits, Groundnut shell decorticator by cycle wheel (80.83%), weeding by bikes (74.17%) and Egg grading machine by (70.83%) respectively. Followed by Chopping the fodder by bike (58.33%) and Snake repellent stick (21.66%) was perceived by farmers as first-time information received from the different ICT tools. Further, 80.00 per cent of ICT tool user farmer inferred that they had adopted technology on paddy transplanter. The reason was that, the study was conducted in malanad and hilly regions where most of the farmers were cultivated paddy as major crop. Hence, the farmers had adopted paddy transplanter technology, followed by 70.00 per cent of the farmers inferred they had adopted technology on Rain water harvesting techniques. Majority 66.60 per cent of the What’s app users said that the information on production aspect was effective. 51.70 per cent of the KCC tool users opined that these two tools were less effective regarding quality inputs aspects.

Keywords

Adoption, Effectiveness and ICT tools, Communication Technologies

Conclusion

Technological upgradation and acceptance of those updated and improved production techniques are crucial steps in the development process of every agrarian economy (Gursteinm 2003; Murty and Abhinov 2012). This is especially true for agricultural development in countries like India, where crop output has increasing largely over many years due to a multiplicity of factors including adoption and use of improved production methods. To make improvements in the agricultural sector, extension activities for the transfer of agricultural technologies from lab to land is inevitable (Narula and Arora 2010; Mohammad and Md 2011; Pujar et al., 2021). This results into the technology transfer model of agricultural extension, seen by many as the main purpose of agricultural extension. This is based on the premise that “modern” knowledge or technology is transferred via extension agents to recipient farmers. Thus, agricultural extension is the sensible communication of information to help farmers form sound opinions and make good decisions for sustainable farming.

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How to cite this article

Sagar S. Pujar, Amaresh Kumar K., Sahana S., D. Shashikalabai and Sai Tejashree G. (2023). Opinion on Adoption and Effectiveness of Information and Communication Technologies in Crop Production. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(2): 651-655.