Abstract
The role of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) is yet to be fully realized to receive its full potential benefits in agricultural information dissemination services. The present study is undertaken to enhance agricultural knowledge and minimize the information gaps between farmers’ needs and new technologies. It reviews recent ICT initiatives in agriculture and farmers access to agricultural information services in Bangladesh. The role of ICT on farmers enhanced agricultural production is also discussed in the paper. The current research proves that agriculture information is not only for libraries, research stations, and national and international agricultural database. Agriculture information services are to be provided by the Government, NGO, private organizations, agricultural research organizations, and advisory centers. The data were collected from questionnaire and interviews and they were coded, decoded, and interpreted in descriptive statistics through tables, graphs, and chart. The findings were arranged in separate sections with respective manners. This study contributes to the field of agricultural information dissemination systems of Bangladesh. It significantly elicits strong relationship between the use of ICT and farmers’ enhanced production led income. It was concluded with recommendations for the information providers, researchers, policy makers, and stakeholders for making extension services more effective. SAARC J. Agric., 19(1): 249-258 (2021)
Highlights
Bangladesh is blessed with positive agro-economic conditions of agriculture for growing a number of crops
The major objective of the present study is to examine the strategies of extension service providers to meet information needs of the farmers at all levels in Bangladesh
The research employed two different sets of questionnaires-one set for the farmers involved in using Information Communication and Technology (ICT) tools in farming and other set for the farmers involved in farming with traditional instruments
Summary
Bangladesh is blessed with positive agro-economic conditions of agriculture for growing a number of crops. The major objective of the present study is to examine the strategies of extension service providers to meet information needs of the farmers at all levels in Bangladesh. ICTs have the potential strategies to reduce the gap of information availability, irretrievability communication among the farmers. The current study was undertaken with a view that ICTs could play a significant role in establishing the strategies of extension policy as well as enhancing the agricultural production and by connecting with the available and verifiable authentic sources of data, information and knowledge. Realizing the potential of ICT, the study results would show that ICT can trace the agricultural knowledge delivery systems and farmers’ information needs in Bangladesh and identify the gaps to minimize the information gap between farmers’ needs and new technologies
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