ATTITUDE OF THE EMPLOYEES ABOUT ICTS APPARATUS FOR EXPLORING AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION

The study was conducted in Navsari, Valsad, Surat, Tapi, Narmada, Bharuch and The Dang districts of South Gujarat. A random sample of total 200 employees who engaged in welfare activities for the farming community from well-established institutions and organizations were selected for present study. The data were collected by personal contact. Ex-post-facto research design was used. Majority (98.50 per cent) of the employees of NAU, NGO and line departments as well as private stakeholders possessed favorable to more favourable attitude towards ICTs apparatus. The accessibility and utility pattern found to have positive and highly significantly correlated with the attitude of employees towards ICTs apparatus. Whereas, the education, source of information, training received, mass media utilization, innovative proneness and scientific orientation had positive and significant correlation with the attitude of employees towards ICTs apparatus.