National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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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 study was conducted to describe the socio-economic characteristics of livestock producers, determine sources, type of information and communication technology obtained, utilization level of information and communication technology on the livestock farmersin the Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Data were generated through random administration of 120 questionnaires to livestock producers and oral interviews for the study from December 2018 to July2019. Results showed that seventy percent (64%) of the livestock producers contacted were men, 50% were between the ages of 17 and 48 years old. 66% of the livestock producers are married with 34, 29 and 23% farmer’s education qualification below 10th, 12th and illiterate, respectively. While, 29% Non-worker are, 26 and 23% are labours and fulltime farmers, respectively. Farmers are more familiar with mobile phones (20.83%), radio (19.17%), and Internet (16.67%). 23% of the livestock farmers use ICT to watch agricultural news, 19% and 16% use ICT for watching business news and religious programs respectively, whereas 14% use ICT to obtain political information and 13% use ICT for entertainment. It was reported that only thirty-five (35%) of the farmers used several sources of information frequently. This shows that there forty-six percent (46%) & nineteen percent (19%) are untold a limited level of awareness on the use of ICT to improve and enhance livestock production. This showed that there is still limited level of awareness on the use of ICT to improve and enhance livestock production in the Auraiya District of Uttar Pradesh.
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