Problems Faced by Farmers Using Digital Tools in Agriculture in Central Zone of India
Pooja Jena
Department of Extension Education, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV), Jabalpur (M.P.), India.
A. S. Chauhan
Department of Extension Education, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV), Jabalpur (M.P.), India.
A. S. Tigga
Department of Extension Education, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bihar), India.
Sanjay Kumar
Department of Agronomy, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bihar), India.
Meera Kumari
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bihar), India.
Subrat Kr. Behera
Department of SMCA, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bihar), India.
Fozia Homa
Department of SMCA, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bihar), India.
Manoher Saryam *
Department of Extension Education, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV), Jabalpur (M.P.), India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The purpose of India’s Prime Minister’s Digital India initiative was to increase the technological literacy and connect rural areas to high-speed Internet networks, which was introduced on July 1st, 2015. Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen, Governance & Services on Demand, and Digital Empowerment of Citizens are the three key areas that make up the vision of the Digital India Programme, which seeks inclusive growth in the areas of electronic services, products, manufacturing, and job opportunities etc. The present investigation was carried out to discover the challenges faced by the Indian farmers during adopting the digital Extension and primary data were gathered in 2019-20. In Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, where the problems in using digital tools were found to exist with the farmers. It was recorded on the basis of results of problem faced index (PFI) that Inadequate government digital service centers and facilities ranked first followed by Quality of Information, Lack of awareness towards benefits of ICT in Agriculture, Lack of knowledge on e-Agriculture, Lack of Training, Expensive to use, Inadequate ICT Experts, Lower Internet Speed and Apathy towards new were ranked second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh respectively.
Keywords: Digital extension, agriculture, problems, empowerment, assessment and digital tools