Extent of use of ICT Tools for Accessing the Agricultural Information in Lucknow District of Uttar Pradesh

The present world is based on online communication. There are many information servers available in online communication services at grass root levels; some of them like telephone, computer, internet, and other ICT services are more effective for the transfer of agricultural technologies. ICT can help an average Indian farmer to get relevant information regarding agro-inputs, crop production technologies, agro-processing, market support, agro-finance, and management of farm agri-business. Therefore, an attempt has been made to find out the extent of use of ICT tools as always for obtaining the agricultural information. A total of 120 farmers from six villages of the Bakshi Talab block in the Lucknow district were surveyed in 2018. Using a pre-structured interview schedule, a study was carried out with a sample of 20 respondents from each village. Out of the 120 respondents, the ICT use index was found highest for Mobile phone (69.17%) followed by Social media (65%), Internet (55%), TV (54.16%) and Radio (45.83%), etc. It was found that awareness and training programs were conducted at the village for adopting ICT services and disseminating agricultural information among farmers.