1Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar-144 001, Punjab, India
2Extension Education Institute, Anand Agricultural University Campus, Anand-388 110, Gujarat, India
This study was conducted to examine the relationship of farmer's profiles with the extent of use of ICTs by the Farmers and the effectiveness of ICTs in accessing agricultural information.
Ex-post-facto research design were used in this investigation and we have selected total of 1400 farmers from different districts of Gujarat. We studied the relationship between socio-economic and extent of use of ICTs for accessing agricultural information.
It observed that the association between education, extension participation, Training received, Mass media exposure, Information source accessibility, Innovativeness, Social participation and Economic motivation were found positively and highly significant with the extent of use of ICTs. The education, extension participation), Training received, Mass media exposure, Information source accessibility, Innovativeness, Social participation and Economic motivation were found positively and highly significant with the effectiveness of ICTs.
Effectiveness, ICTs, Relationship, Social status, Socio-economic profile
