Constraints Faced in Utilization of Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC) Facilities by Farm Families

The objective of the present study was to find out the constraints faced by farm families in utilizing the Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC) facilities. The sample consisted of randomly selected 95 respondents including 80 farmers and 15 farm women from 8 villages of two panchayat samities of Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand state who were regularly in contact with the ATIC functionaries for last 5 years. Personal interview technique was used for collecting data from the respondents. Frequency distribution and percentage were used for analysis of data. The outcome of the study divulges that non availability of visual aids such as pamphlet, leaflets, folders etc. related to agriculture (76.84%), unavailability of plant materials and other products like poultry, processed products, livestock species, tools and equipment at the centre (72.63%), low quality of seeds (60.00%), less number of visits of ATIC functionaries to the field (58.94%) and distant location of testing laboratories (55.78%), non availability of need based literature (53.68%) and high cost of publications (49.47%) were some of the major constraints expressed by the respondents while utilizing the ATIC facilities.