Setting Up Village Community Information Centres For Farmers : A Pilot Project
Nilaranjan Barik, Puspanjali Jena
International Journal of Information Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2017.
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Link: http://www.dline.info/ijis/fulltext/v9n3/ijisv9n3_1.pdf
Abstract:
In present day agriculture system so many tools and technologies are being used for maximum productivity and
in a short period of time. Farmersâ€™ proper knowledge about the seeds, breeding, fertilizer, irrigation system etc. has made them
thrice times profitable from the same land. So proper information plays an important role in recent days farming. In the
present survey an attempt has been made to identify the sources and areas of information need of the farmers community in
rural areas of Deogaon block of Balangir district and their approaches towards setting up of Village Community Information
Centres (VCIC). The survey is a questionnaire based pilot survey which has revealed the age group and educational
qualification of the farmer, their preferred sources of information, main areas of information needs, recommendations in
establishment of village community information centres etc.