KNOWLEDGE OF FARMERS ABOUT KRISHI JAGAT AND PANCHAYAT GHAR: AGRICULTURE PROGRAMMES BROADCAST BY AKASHWANI.

Autor: Shukla, Namita, Mohapatra, S.
Zdroj: Indian Journal of Social Research; May/Jun2018, Vol. 59 Issue 3, p341-347, 7p
Abstrakt: Mass media provides information about latest technologies that are used by the farmers to increase their production. In rural areas, printed and telecast information cannot be utilized due to illiteracy and less electricity supply. So radio plays an important role in providing the information. The objective was to know the knowledge of respondents about agriculture programmes on Akashwani. Descriptive research design was adopted. The study was conducted in Allahabad district of Utt ar Pradesh during 2013-14 purposively. Four villages of Chaka block were selected. Sixty farmers were selected purposively. Interview schedule was prepared to collect the data. The data were tabulated and analyzed with the help of statistical techniques. It is concluded that maximum respondents had medium knowledge about the agriculture programmes. A non signifi cant association was found between educational level and knowledge, age and knowledge of farmers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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