Exploring the Digital Landscape: Internet Usage Patterns Among Agricultural Graduates and Socioeconomic Factors

The Internet has become a part and parcel of the 21st century. With the advancement of Information and Communication Technology, communication and access to need-based information have become more widespread. Agricultural graduates in various courses need to conduct research and extension activities to a certain extent during farmers’ fairs, meetings, demonstrations, and exhibitions. Therefore, they need to stay updated on pressing problems and desirable solutions to address farmers’ needs. In this context, a study was conducted in March 2017 among agricultural graduates from different universities across India to understand their internet utilization patterns and purposes of usage. To make the research more valid, an effort was made to gather as many responses as possible. The respondents were from eight agricultural universities across India, and the sample consisted of 86 respondents, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral scholars. The survey was conducted using “Survey Planet,” one of the online survey tools. The questionnaire was uploaded to the tool, and its link was emailed to the respondents. Simple random sampling and snowball or network sampling methods were used to select the participants.