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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present study was conducted to assess the extent of ICT exposure of dairy farmers in Morar Block of Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh. Simple random sampling method was used to select 120 dairy farmers as respondents. The extent of ICT exposure referred to the frequency of listening to radio broadcast, viewing to television telecast, viewing to krishi mela, using internet, reading newspaper and farm magazines regarding information on improved practices of animal husbandry The study revealed that more than half (52.50%) of the dairy farmers had medium level of ICT exposure regarding improved animal husbandry practices. The profile variables such as education (0.668), social participation (0.337), annual income (0.326), extension participation (0.283), source of information (0.301), risk orientation (0.248), knowledge about animal husbandry practices (0.371) and adoption of animal husbandry practices (0.301) were found to be positively significant with the extent of ICT exposure whereas age (0.087) was non-significant.