Marginal Farmers’ Information Literacy About Modern Agricultural Enterprises: A Case from Kalibari Village, Meghalaya

The primary purpose of the present study is to explore the information literacy among the marginal farmers with regards to the primarily adopted modern agricultural enterprises in Kalibari village of East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in India. Primary data was collected from randomly 100 respondents using survey method and a pre tested structured questionnaire. The demographic profile shows male dominancy with an average age of 40.50 years, education level up to primary level (68.00%) and possessing an average land holding of 0.22 ha. The study revealed that farmers have very rudimentary knowledge of the numerous scientific growing and raising methods and are unaware of the different opportunities for entrepreneurial development in their chosen agricultural operations, and as a result, they are unable to reap the benefits of high economic returns. Furthermore, majority (78.00%) depended on Public Extension services provided by agriculture and veterinary officers of the district for their main source of information but are unable to utilize this information practically to reap profitable economic returns. Therefore, it is evident that agricultural information literacy contributes to productivity, profitability, and good quality, and has a beneficial impact on these parameters.