Relationship between Socio-economic Factors and ICT Adoption among Dairy Farmers
Pragya Ojha
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Banda, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda, U.P., India.
Indra Pratap Singh *
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Murli Manohar Town P.G. College, Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia (U.P.), India.
Qudsiya Tamkeen
SHUATS, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bijaya Laxmi Sahu
AICRP (Women in Agriculture), College of Community Science, Tura, Meghalaya, Central Agriculture University, Imphal, India.
Anjali Pandey
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, SVPUAT, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Somdutt Tripathi
Department of Agricultural Extension, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Gyanendra Singh
Department of Agricultural Extension, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A research investigation was conducted in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh, India to find out the relationship between ICT tools and socio-economic variables of dairy farmers. Ex-post-facto research design and simple random sampling technique were used in this investigation. The data was collected through personal interviews of 80 dairy farmers. The analysis of the study performed through correlation methods together with multiple regression and path analysis. The investigated independent variables produced an R2 value of 94.4 percent that identified the factors responsible for total variation in farmer ICT tool usage. The path analysis determined both direct and indirect components during analysis. The variable dairy experience showed the strongest direct influence (0.631) among all variables yet annual income produced the highest total indirect influence (0.489) on farmer utilization of ICT tools. The research demonstrates a need to increase the utilization rate of ICT tools used by dairy farmers in this district.
Keywords: ICT, extension contact, dairy farmers, socio-economic