Utilizing pattern of information communication technology tools by the farmers

Abstract

This study was carried out in the Kheda district of Central Gujarat to find out the utilizing pattern of ICT tools by the farmers and the study revealed that the vast majority of respondents had mobile phones, television and internet facilities as well as had utilized mobile phone and television for the purposes of information sharing, news, entertainment, agriculture-related information and spending free time. The majority of respondents considered neighbors, friends, local leaders, agribusiness centres, television, mobile phones, newspapers, and the internet as their regular sources of information, whereas they had very low to medium extent of use of ICT tools to collect agricultural information.