National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Present study was undertaken to explore the level of knowledge of Farm Women on different aspects and use of selected ICT tools, to identify the knowledge about package content and to know the increase in adoption of practice minimum. The data was collected from 60 farm women groups during the year 2018 – 2019. The results revealed that during pre-intervention 90 per cent each of the respondents had attained low level of knowledge on different aspects and use of selected ICT tool whereas after post-intervention 100 per cent each of the respondents had attained high level of knowledge on different aspects and use of selected ICT tool. While developing the packages and validate the test twenty numbers of text messages and valuable pictures related to packages were sent to them through text messages and WhatsApp messages whereas twelve numbers of videos on steps, importance, advantages and disadvantages on various packages were delivered through WhatsApp. According to their knowledge about package content during pre-intervention majority (91.67%) of the farm women had attained low level of knowledge of the content of ICT whereas in post-intervention 81.67 per cent of the farm women had attained high level of knowledge of the content of ICT. As per their rate of adoption of packages that 53.33 per cent of the farm women were adopted the Vermicompost followed by 38.33 per cent of the farm women adopted Nutritional garden and 33.33 per cent of the farm women adopted Bee-Keeping after attending the hands on training programmes which was provided to them. The finding shows that the farm women were highly benefitted to which the package was disseminated to them.
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