Impact of KRISHINET portal on farmers of Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

The present study was conducted purposively in Panagar Block of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The total sample consisted of 125 KRISHINET Portal users as respondents for the study. Most of the users (57.60%) perceived high knowledge from KRISHINET portal in seeking of agricultural information. The aim of this study to know the impact of KRISHINET portal on farmers. The data collection was done by the use of interview schedule through personal interview. Data were analyzed with help of suitable statistical tools. KRISHINET portal found effective between independent variables and dependent variable. Age, Caste, Education, Family type, Family size, Occupation, Size of land holding, Farm power, Annual income, Farm experience, Social participation, Communicability, Opinion toward KRISHINET portal. Majority of the respondents 78.40 per cent reported that Technical language usedin agricultural information/lack of simple language used in agricultural information and found first rank among theother constraints.