Information gathering habits among farmers in Vijayapur district in Karnataka: A survey

Pages: 244-248
G. Kiran Kumar (University Library, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka)
Chikkamanju (College of Agriculture, Vijayapur University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka)

The purpose of the study was to identify and analyse the information gathering habits among farmers in Vijayapur district in Karnataka. The population of the study consist of 1321 farmers having educational qualification of seventh class and above. The survey method was adopted using questionnaire as a tool for data collection. From the study it is clear that 567 (42.92%) of farmers prefer information in the area of Modern Cultivation System, 312 (23.62%) of respondents opine as they extremely prefer source of awareness about manufacture technical specialist, 415 (31.42%) of farmers strongly agree with the factor of long distance to the Information centres as barrier and 515 (38.99%) of farmers are satisfied with the information what they have obtained from various sources. It is clear from the study that farmers still prefer print format of information resources. Farmers depend mostly on traditional mass media like magazines, television and radio. It was observed that farmers are slowly shifting towards internet to access information resources.