Information and communication technology utilization of farmers in erstwhile Karimnagar district

Abstract

The present study was conducted in Jagtial, Karimnagar, Peddapalli and Rajanna Sircilla districts of Telangana state which were formerly part of erstwhile Karimnagar district to study the profile characteristics of ICT utilizing farmers. A total of 120 respondents were selected for the study. Ex-post-facto research design was used for the present study. It was found that among respondents majority of them fell under middle age category (57.50%), had high school education (26.66%), have semi medium land holding (35.00%), one third (35.00%) had 10 - 20 years of farming experience, majority (37.50%) had 15- 21 years of experience in usage of ICT tools, majority of the farmers (48.33%) had 1.0 to 2.5 lakh annual income, majority of the farmers (60.00%) possessed 3-5 ICT tools, had medium extension contact (70.00%), medium level of social participation (65.00%) and medium level of mass media exposure (55.00%)