Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to determine the extent of use of Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs) by the farmers in receiving agricultural
information and to explore the contribution of selected characteristics of
respondents on their ICTs use in receiving agricultural information. The study
was conducted in two villages namely Rampur & Madhabpur of Ghagutia union
in Homna upazilla of comilla district. Data were collected from 110 farmers by
using a pre-tested interview schedule during the period from 15 January to 15
March, 2015. Appropriate scales were developed to measure the variables of the
study. Descriptive statistics, multiple regression (B) tests were used for analysis.
The study revealed that about two third (64.5%) of the respondents’ had medium
use of ICTs in receiving agricultural information compared to 13.6 % and 21.8
% having low and high use of ICTs in receiving agricultural information
respectively. Education, farm size, annual family income, problem confronted
in ICTs use and cosmopoliteness had significant contribution on their use of
ICTs and provided 51.5 percent contribution to use of ICTs in receiving
agricultural information.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
