Agriculture Information Needs of Farmers: An Overview
Journal Title: International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy. Lack of agricultural information has been identified as the most powerful deterrent, to the farmers in the whole gamut of agricultural system. The study entitled “Agriculture information needs of farmers: an overview” was conducted with the objective to identify and analyse the agriculture information needs of farmers. For identifying and analyzing the agriculture information needs of farmers in Thrissur district, three Panchayats were selected from the 92 Grama Panchayats of Thrissur district, based on the highest area under cultivation for major crops. A total of 90 farmers constitute the sample for the study. Data were analysed, with the help of statistical tools, such as simple percentages, scores and indices and Chi-square test. A gap analysis was conducted, where the gap between awareness and access of information needs by farmers was examined. The most important agricultural information needs of the farmers, in the study area are about government schemes, related to loans and subsidies, followed by market information. In agricultural operations, the information gap is zero in production and market information, which indicate that, these are the two important agriculture information, farmers accessing regularly. At the same time, the information gap is 100 percent for labour in which, the awareness is the lowest.
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Sruthy Madhavan
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