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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 9, Issue:9, September, 2020

PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706
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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2020.9(9): 3277-3282
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.909.406


Profile Characteristics of the Registered Farmers of Interactive Information and Dissemination System in Telangana
Soumya, B. Savitha* and I. Sreenivasa Rao
Extension Education Institute, University Head, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

The increasing penetration of ICT’S in agriculture scenario makes an opportunity to disseminate the useful information more widely among the farming community. These ICT’s are helping to meet the information needs of farmer. The present study was conducted with 120 farmers who got registered under Interactive Information and Dissemination System (IIDS) in two districts i.e. Nalgonda and Khammam Districts of Telangana State, India. The farmers were selected by random sampling method. The study used ex-post facto research design. The results indicated that, majority of farmers (56.67%) were under middle with intermediate level of education followed by high schooling (25.00%), majority (53.34%) had medium farming experience with small farm size (34.17%), medium level of Information acquisition behaviour, medium level of ICT use. The majority (63.33%) of the respondents had high innovativeness and 66.67 per cent of respondents expressed that they were visiting KVK’s specially to get agriculture information.


Keywords: IIDS, Agro advisories, Determinants, Adoption, ICT

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Soumya, B., B. Savitha and Sreenivasa Rao, I. 2020. Profile Characteristics of the Registered Farmers of Interactive Information and Dissemination System in Telangana.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 9(9): 3277-3282. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.909.406
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