BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 3b

Transfer of climate change information to farmers though mass media

  • Author:
  • M. B. Dhadwad, K. Vijayaragavan, Singh Premlata
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 954 to 955

Division of Agricultural Extension, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi -110012, India

Online published on 12 August, 2013.

Abstract

Radio was most frequently used mass media (55.00%) as a source of climate change information followed by television (38.30%) and news paper (15.00%). Significant and positive correlations were observed between use of radio as a source of climate change information and farmer's age, education, farming experience and social participation. Similarly, farmer's education, income and social participation had positive relationship with their use of television, while their education and social participation were positivelycorrelated with their use of mobile phone to obtain climate change information.

Keywords

Mass media, Climate change, Information, Farmers