A study on role of information and communication technology (ICT) in agriculture development of Patan district

Abstract

Today India is passing through the phase of communication revolution, which has brought about a significant growth of media in mass communication. It has become an important part of development initiatives in health, nutrition, agriculture, family planning, education, community economy and world empowerment. There are many ways in which Information Technology can be used to exchange the information rather effective communication like information kiosks which provide not only the basic services like email, helps in education, health services, Agriculture and Irrigation, online trading, community services etc. The present study aims to study the agriculture development with the emergence of the new communication technology. The study is being undertaken to know how agriculture development is possible through an effective communication tools that is ICT (Information and Communication Technology). ICT includes communication device or application, encompassing cellular phones, computer, internet and network hardware and software, satellite systems and so on, as well as the various services and applications associated with them, such as videoconferencing and distance learning. Therefore, the present investigation was undertaken to study about how the use of ICT helps in agricultural development in rural areas. For the present study for knowing the use of ICT among the farmers, Patan district of Gujarat is being chosen. The study was conducted on local farmers and agents of seeds company ICT experts and age group from 20 years to 55 years.