Setting Up Village Community Information Centres For Farmers : A Pilot Project

Abstract

In present day agriculture system so many tools and technologies are being used for maximum productivity and in a short period of time. Farmers’ 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.