Constraints faced by the farmers in the use of ict based extension services

The use of computers and technology today has become fundamental to the operation of organizations and society. These allow the transfer of massive amounts of information in a matter of seconds, enabling humankind to advance in a multitude of ways. ICT provides the farmers with the latest technologies and improve their farm income. Hence the present study was undertaken to find out the constraint encountered by farmers in ICT utilization. In this existing scenario it is expected that integration of ICT’s in agricultural extension will provide needed impetus to agricultural sector and ICT’s can complement the traditional extension system for “KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE” delivery to the millions of farmers. The study was carried out in two selected districts of UP i.e. Allahabad and Kanpur Dehat covering 2 blocks and 8 villages and 284 respondents. Data were collected through personal interview technique with the help of pre structured interview schedule. Collected data were processed and analyze using descriptive statistics. The study revealed that the majority (93.33 %) of the respondents encountered the problem in ICT utilization were lack of feedback followed by problems of foreign language (90.00%) and 86.66 per cent said lack of skills to use ICT gadgets.