1PhD Scholar, School of Social Sciences, College of post-graduate studies in Agricultural Sciences, Umiam, Meghalaya
2Professor, School of Social Sciences, College of post-graduate studies in Agricultural Sciences, Umiam, Meghalaya
3Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, College of post-graduate studies in Agricultural Sciences, Umiam, Meghalaya
4Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, College of post-graduate studies in Agricultural Sciences, Umiam, Meghalaya
5Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, College of post-graduate studies in Agricultural Sciences, Umiam, Meghalaya
Keeping in view the growing importance of mobile phone in farming, this study was intended to assess the extent of mobile phone application in farming and determine the constraints faced by the rural youth farmers and advocate suggestive measures to overcome the same. The findings revealed that mobile phone applications are being primarily used to gather prevailing market price of agricultural goods and commodities, availing credit facilities, pooling of labours for agricultural operations. The major lacunae encountered were lack of awareness of mobile phone applications in farming, incomplete information and clarification of doubts by the rural youth farmers. The study felt the need for various line departments and concern stakeholders to give training to rural youth farmers on a clusters basis, to give practical awareness with proven case studies on how mobile phone applications can be utilized with maximum efficiency in farming.
Farming, mobile phone applications, paired wise comparison, rural youth farmers
