ICT-Use Behaviour of Agricultural Line Department Officials Of Odisha
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools will play a prime role in agriculture and allied sectors in future. This study was conducted in 2021 to examine the attitude of agricultural line department officials towards the use of ICT tools. Purposively Khordha district of Odisha was taken fo...
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools will play a prime role in agriculture and allied sectors in future. This study was conducted in 2021 to examine the attitude of agricultural line department officials towards the use of ICT tools. Purposively Khordha district of Odisha was taken for the study. For the present study, 105 respondents (22 district level agricultural officials, 59 block level agricultural officials and 24 village level agricultural officials) were selected by following stratified random sampling method. The results revealed that the district level and block level agricultural officials have most favourable attitude towards almost all the ICT tools. In comparison, village level officials favoured only Mobile phone and Television. The study has recommended proper awareness, training and knowledge of ICT tools, and uninterrupted power supply in the offices to rectify the constraints in handling of ICT tools.
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| spelling | doaj.art-86262eab51854372a9d09b7848fe47ab2023-04-21T01:28:46ZengExtension Education SocietyJournal of Extension Education0971-31232456-12822023-04-0133410.26725/JEE.2021.4.33.6731-6737ICT-Use Behaviour of Agricultural Line Department Officials Of OdishaBhavana Sajeev0COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, OUAT , BHUBANESWAR Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools will play a prime role in agriculture and allied sectors in future. This study was conducted in 2021 to examine the attitude of agricultural line department officials towards the use of ICT tools. Purposively Khordha district of Odisha was taken for the study. For the present study, 105 respondents (22 district level agricultural officials, 59 block level agricultural officials and 24 village level agricultural officials) were selected by following stratified random sampling method. The results revealed that the district level and block level agricultural officials have most favourable attitude towards almost all the ICT tools. In comparison, village level officials favoured only Mobile phone and Television. The study has recommended proper awareness, training and knowledge of ICT tools, and uninterrupted power supply in the offices to rectify the constraints in handling of ICT tools. https://www.extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/935Information and communication technology;ICT use behaviour; Attitude; Department officials; Odisha |
| spellingShingle | Bhavana Sajeev ICT-Use Behaviour of Agricultural Line Department Officials Of Odisha Journal of Extension Education Information and communication technology;ICT use behaviour; Attitude; Department officials; Odisha |
| title | ICT-Use Behaviour of Agricultural Line Department Officials Of Odisha |
| title_full | ICT-Use Behaviour of Agricultural Line Department Officials Of Odisha |
| title_fullStr | ICT-Use Behaviour of Agricultural Line Department Officials Of Odisha |
| title_full_unstemmed | ICT-Use Behaviour of Agricultural Line Department Officials Of Odisha |
| title_short | ICT-Use Behaviour of Agricultural Line Department Officials Of Odisha |
| title_sort | ict use behaviour of agricultural line department officials of odisha |
| topic | Information and communication technology;ICT use behaviour; Attitude; Department officials; Odisha |
| url | https://www.extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/935 |
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