Division of Agriculture, Extension and Communication, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Wadura, Jammu and Kashmir, (India)
*e-mail: drhamalik@gmail.com
Online published on 28 March, 2023.
The study on personal, socio-economic profile and attitude of the farmers using Information and Communication Technology tools in transfer of Technology of North Kashmir, J&K State, was carried out in all the three (03) districts of North Kashmir (Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora. Out of a list of 11855 farmers who were directly connected to Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs), State Development Departments, SKUAST - Kashmir Agromet Field Unit sample of 350 farmers was selected through Stratified Random Sampling proportional to size from each district with the condition that the selected respondents had atleast utilized two ICT tools during 2020. A well-structured interview schedule was prepared keeping in mind the objectives of the study. It was pretested in a non- sampled area and minor refinements were made to perfect the schedule. Personal interviews were used to gather data, which was analyzed using appropriate statistical tools/tests. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents (53.43% and 50.00%) had formal schooling of below 6 years and operational holdings of below 6 kanals. Furthermore majority of the respondents (65.71% and 47.43%) had extension contact scores below 18 and were below 41 years. The findings with respect to annual income and experience in farming revealed that the majority of respondents (52.57% and 43.43%) had annual income below 3, 49, 107 and having 21-38 years of farming experience. The data further revealed that the majority of the respondents (63.43%) had 7 to 13 years of experience using ICT tools and majority of respondents (50.29% and 44.00%) were in procession of 4 and above ICT tools with one training attendance one training. Almost an equal percentage of respondents (39.71 and 37.72) had unfavourable and neutral attitude toward ICT tools. Further it was observed that only 22.57 per cent had a highly favourable attitude toward ICT tools.
Farmers, ICT tools, Respondents, Stratified random sampling
