Possibility of Socio-economic Attributes and ICT Application in Improving Quality of Farmers

Abstract Evaluation on the diversified Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) application along their association in socio-economic attributes can provide valuable insights about the trends of farmers towards improvement. [...]analytical research design and descriptive statistics were use...

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Published inAsian agricultural research Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 20 - 25
Main Authors Rayit, Adnan, Zhang, Qiao, Wang, Ke, Siddiqui, Badar Naseem, Naeem, Muhammad, Yaseen, Muhammad, Zuo, Xuan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cranston Wu Chu (USA-China) Science and Culture Media Corporation 01.01.2019
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Agricultural development
Agricultural production
Agricultural technology
Agriculture
Attitude change
Communication
Data collection
Data processing
Demographics
Demography
Education
Evaluation
Farmers
Farms
Households
Information sources
Innovations
Interviews
Productivity
Research design
Research methodology
Rural development
Schedules
Socioeconomics
Technology transfer
Punjab Pakistan
Pakistan
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Summary:Abstract Evaluation on the diversified Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) application along their association in socio-economic attributes can provide valuable insights about the trends of farmers towards improvement. [...]analytical research design and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data collected from 400 respondents within different regions of Punjab Province in Pakistan. [...]a tie tal of 400 farmer households Weife selected as a sample of the re Search study on random bäs& The present, research was based on data collection through validated and pre-tested interview schedule, The most important step of the study was interviewing the respondents and accuracy of the data collection site. Whereas-, slightly more than half of the respondents were reported with lower educational level from all districts in Fig. 2;a, Amongst all demographic characteristics of the farmers, the, information about their ages and educational levels arc most important. Because these two attributes' of the farmers play a very essential role in the. application or rejection of innovation and attitude change . Service at central level to ensure timely availability of agricultural information to farmer/. [...]all stakeholders should launch effective monitoring and evaluation mechanism of ICTs related agricultural technology transfer for effective agricultural development.
ISSN:1943-9903
DOI:10.19601/j.cnki.issn1943-9903.2019.1.005