Authors: K. Islam, M. S. Ali, M. W. A. Setu* and T. Mondal
The main purpose of the study was to determine farmers’ perception on the effectiveness of using ICT for receiving agricultural information and to explore the relationship of the selected characteristics of the farmers. The study was conducted in six Upazilas namely Narsingdi Sadar, Monohordi, Shibpur, Polash, Raipura & Belabo under Narsingdi district. Data were collected from 109 farmers using a pre-tested interview schedule during the period from 15 February to 15 April, 2018. Pearson Product Moment Correlation test was used to explore the relationships among the concerned variables. The study revealed that the highest proportion i. e. 57.8% of the respondents had medium level of perception on the effectiveness using ICT for receiving agricultural information compared to 25.7 % and 17.5 % having low and high level of perception respectively. Significant relationship of focal variable was found with farmers’ age, education, farming experience, cosmopoliteness, extent of using ICT, innovativeness and problem confronted by the farmers during ICT use. No significant relationship was found with farmers’ farm size, annual family income and organizational participation. It may be concluded that different government agencies of Bangladesh like DAE should provide necessary training programs to the farmers so that they understand the benefits of using ICT for receiving agricultural information.
