Knowledge of Farmers towards Use of ICT for Empowerment of Rural Women in Dehradun District of Uttarakhand

Abstract

The study was conducted in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand to measure the knowledge of farmers towards use of ICT for empowerment of rural women in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand. A total number of 120 respondents were selected purposively from six villages in the Doiwala block based on maximum access and usage of ICT tools among women. The data was collected using the personal interview method with a pre-structured interview schedule, and then appropriate statistical analysis was performed to obtain meaningful results. The study's findings revealed that the majority of respondents (54.17%) belonged to the middle aged group, and the majority of respondents (80.83%) belonged to the marginal sized land holding category, i.e. up to 1 ha. It was found that the majority of the respondents (64.17%) were educated from primary to high school and 46.67% of the respondents belonged to the middle category of mass media exposure. The findings also revealed that the majority of the respondents (51.67%) had a medium level of knowledge towards ICT followed by 25.83% and 22.50% of the respondents with high and low levels of knowledge respectively.