Knowledge of Farmers about ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Tools in Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh

Abstract

The study was conducted in CHHATTISGARH state during the year 2019-20 to assess the
knowledge of farmers about ICT tools in farm communication and to find out the relationship with socioeconomic characteristics of farmers using these tools. Many farmers of these districts are already getting
Multi Message Services (MMS) and using other ICT tools. Total 120 farmers were randomly
selected from the 2 villages i.e. Birkona and Biranpur from Bilha block of Bilaspur district. The ex-post
facto research design was used for the study. The findings of the study revealed that 37.50 per cent
of the farmers had medium level of knowledge about ICT tools followed by high (34.17%) and low
(28.33%) level of knowledge. Variables such as material possession, social participation, extension
participation, mass media exposure and cosmo-politeness had positive and significant relationship
with knowledge of farmers about ICT tools at one per cent level of significance whereas; education
and annual income had positive and significant relationship at five percent level of significance.