Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2019)
Information dynamics of tribal rice farmers under NFSM in Kandhamal district of Odisha
Author(s): Subha Laxmi Sahoo, NC Rath and Biswajit Sahoo
Abstract: Access to information is of crucial importance in the present agricultural scenario. The present study on information dynamics was conducted in Kandhamal district of Odisha. A sample of 120 farmers of which 60 beneficiaries and 60 non-beneficiary farmers were selected from 4 blocks. Two villages from each block were selected to analyse the various sourcs of information. The data were collected through a well-structured interview schedule. The study reveals that most of the beneficiary tribal rice farmers meet their information needs from Kisan Sathis (100%), Village Level Worker (100%), Assistant Agriculture Officer (81.7%) as Government extension agency, whereas progressive farmer (55%), Non-governmental Organization (13.3%) as non-Governmental extension agencies. It was further observed that in case of mass media highest preference was given to Television (768.3%), and radio (33.3%). But the extent of contact of non-beneficiary tribal rice farmer to the extension agent and mass media was comparatively very less which affects their knowledge level in rice cultivation.
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Subha Laxmi Sahoo, NC Rath, Biswajit Sahoo. Information dynamics of tribal rice farmers under NFSM in Kandhamal district of Odisha. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(2):2062-2064.
