Role of Information Communication Technology in Dissemination Agricultural Technologies Analysis Based on the Secondary Data

ICT Agriculture plays a vital role in India’s economy. India’s farmers live in rural areas and agriculture and allied activities still constitute the largest share of India’s employment. It is estimated that 72 per cent farmers do not have access to reliable sources of information and this prevents them from access credit and realizing high crop productivity. The future of rural India is full of promise. It is estimated that 55 percent of India’s rural population will have access to the internet by 2025. The average villager living in rural India already has a basic awareness of the wonders of the World Wide Web and is willing to explore the internet to satisfy his queries about the world and issues which impact his livelihood. Digital technology plays an important role in bringing about significant changes in the way education skill, health and other public services. Digital literacy is the ability of Individuals and communities to understand and use digital technologies. After 70 precious years of its independence various digital platforms are now serving as information sources. Hence, this is a right time to choose the suitable research paper for bringing out the “The Role of Information Communication Technology in dissemination Agricultural technologies”. These research paper data collected from secondary sources. This research methodology presents a description of secondary data analysis and suggests that thin type of research methodology may be helpful in facilitating research by the social science studies. This paper examined the attitude of the farmers about ICT tools, extent of utilization and multiple usages of ICT tools among the farming community along with constraints they faced. Total 15 Thesis were selected from the internet based on the attitude of the farmers about ICT tools and utilization of ICT tools among the farming community. The findings of the study revealed that more than two-fifth (42.65 %) of the farmers had favorable attitude towards ICT tools followed by 29.43 per cent had least favorable attitude and 27.92 per cent had most favourable attitude towards ICT tools. Finding indicates that the majority of the respondents (43.55 %) percent indicate medium extent of utilization of ICTs, followed by 24.73 percent high extent of utilization of ICTs. It is evident from the data that 31.72 percent respondents showed low extent of utilization of ICTs. Major constraints faced by farmers in using ICT tools were electricity, more time required to learn to use ICT tools, lack of training centers, and lack of information in local language and time and frequency of broadcasting of agricultural programmes were not convenient