Relationship of Farmer’s Profile with the Extent of Use of ICTs by the Farmers and Effectiveness of ICTs in Accessing Agricultural Information

Background: This study was conducted to examine the relationship of farmer’s profiles with the extent of use of ICTs by the Farmers and the effectiveness of ICTs in accessing agricultural information. Methods: Ex-post-facto research design were used in this investigation and we have selected total of 1400 farmers from different districts of Gujarat. We studied the relationship between socio-economic and extent of use of ICTs for accessing agricultural information. Result: It observed that the association between education, extension participation, Training received, Mass media exposure, Information source accessibility, Innovativeness, Social participation and Economic motivation were found positively and highly significant with the extent of use of ICTs. The education, extension participation), Training received, Mass media exposure, Information source accessibility, Innovativeness, Social participation and Economic motivation were found positively and highly significant with the effectiveness of ICTs.