Study of Socio-economic Status and Communication Characteristics of Farmers in Balrampur District of Uttar Pradesh

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Virendra Pratap, N.R. Meena, Abhinav Singh, Ritesh Singh, Anurag Shankar Singh, and Raj Nandini (Department of Extension Education ANDUAT, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh)

The present study was conducted on the 110 respondents in Balrampur district of U.P. to identity the socio-economic status and use of mobile phone technology by the farmers. Out of 132 villages, 11 villages were selected randomly and 10 respondents from each village were also selected randomly for the study and thus making a total of 110 respondents. Data were collected through an interview schedule and were analysed using simple statistical techniques like frequency, percentage. In this study finding majority of the respondent (74.54 %) were from the middle age category, having education up to high school (26.36%), and from OBC (74.54%). Further, study reveals that majority of the respondents (80.90%) had large size of land holding, only farming as occupation (54.54%), medium level of income (63.64%). antisemitism (2011) reported that obtained agricultural information from local councils (57.2%), neighbours (56.9%) and extension workers (56.5%). Other government officers and sales agents were mentioned as a source among some villagers whereas web sites and private company showed insignificant roles as information providers which were account for less than (10%.) Nearly a half of the participants (45.3%) preferred a 5-minute-information session for daily transmission, whereas another (32.1%) preferred the length of 15-minute-long information sessions.