Farmers’ Awareness Level about ICT Tools and Services in Karnataka

Patil, M D; Philip, H.; Sriram, N.

doi:10.26725/jee.2017.2.29.5870-5874

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“…ICT in a broader term and it encompasses gadgets, tools, applications, internet etc. there have been many interventions by private and government in application of ICT in agriculture and allied aspects [1][2][3].…”

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Constraints and Suggestions Expressed by the Farmers toward Kisan Call Centre (KCC) Advisories

Raja

Naika

2022

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Kisan Call Centre (KCC) is an ICT initiative with the core aim of answering farmers' queries through telephone call in their own dialect. KCC offering services at free of cost countrywide by dialling a common Toll-Free number 1800-180-1551. In this study, an attempt has been made to document the constraints faced by the KCC beneficiaries and seek their suggestions to overcome them in Chamarajanagar District of Karnataka during 2021-22. Totally 200 respondents were considered for the study and personal interview method was adopted for collection of data. The data was analysed using frequency and percentage analysis. The results revealed that, it is difficult to explain the symptoms of pests and diseases of plant over phone call (94.50%), is the major technical constraints and location specific needs of the farmer not solved by KCC officials (91.50%), are the technical and general constraints expressed by the KCC beneficiaries. KCC should provide the facility of snap chats wherever, it is required to understand symptoms in better way (90.50%) and The publicity and awareness programs to be organized to increase awareness about KCCs among farmers (97.00%) are the technical and general suggestion given by beneficiaries to overcome the constraints.

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Constraints and Suggestions Expressed by the Farmers toward Kisan Call Centre (KCC) Advisories

Raja

Naika

2022

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Assessment of E-Readiness Challenges of Farmers and Extension Workers in North-East Nigeria

Potluri

Vajjhala

2021

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The grounded theory study-based chapter comprehensively presents information about the significance of information and communication technology, the e-readiness situation of Nigeria in the field of agri-business. The core purpose of this chapter is to discuss the e-readiness challenges faced by the farmers and extension workers communities of the north-east region of Nigeria. While introducing and application of information technology (IT), numerous challenges like infrastructural constraints including electricity, training facilities, lower literacy rates, language and cultural restrictions, lack of awareness campaigns, expensive telecom services have been facing by farmers and extension workers of the targeted region. The significant adoption of technology in agriculture by the young generation when compared to the older age, also highlighted in the chapter. The authors highlighted the dot.com boom in Africa, particularly in Nigeria, along with stakeholder's role in creating awareness of agricultural information systems.

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Farmers’ Awareness Level about ICT Tools and Services in Karnataka

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Constraints and Suggestions Expressed by the Farmers toward Kisan Call Centre (KCC) Advisories

Constraints and Suggestions Expressed by the Farmers toward Kisan Call Centre (KCC) Advisories

Assessment of E-Readiness Challenges of Farmers and Extension Workers in North-East Nigeria

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