TAILIEUCHUNG - Assessing the extent of ICT usage by extension professional for sustainable agriculture and society in sub Himalayan region

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be a key enabler and a vital component of the new knowledge-based economy and is capable of revolutionizing the process of information dissemination and knowledge management. In such a resilient backdrop, the present study attempts to assess the extent of ICT usage by an agricultural extension professional for guiding the farming community for sustainable agriculture development and restoring social sustainability. The present study was conducted in two northern districts of West Bengal under Sub Himalayan Region namely Cooch Behar and Alipurduar districts. The total number of respondents constitutes by eighty (80) extension professional which included extension personal from State Agriculture University, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, officials from State Department of Agriculture, input dealers and grassroot level extension staff from farmers clubs/ NGOs from these two districts, selected randomly for the present study. These extension professionals are interviewed through a pre-tested, structured interview schedule developed to measure the extent of ICT usage with the help of Google forms. The extent of ICT usage of the extension personal was considered as the predicted variable and sixteen other attributes were considered as the predictor variables for the study. The data were processed with the help of statistical tools like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, correlation and weighted mean scoring for ranking the ICT tools. The result shows that among the attributes of extension professional the attributes namely social participation, aspiration towards cutting edge technology, annual income and annual expenditure are positively and significantly associated with „Extent of ICT usage‟. | Assessing the extent of ICT usage by extension professional for sustainable agriculture and society in sub Himalayan region

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• ICT and extension professional
• Extent of ICT usage
• ICT for agricultural development
• Social sustainability
• Sustainable livelihood
• Socio economic
• Sustainable livelihood activities
• Various sustainable livelihood activities
• Marketing constraints faced
• Micro area approach
• Empirical assessment
• Wetlands of Darbhanga district
• Basis of sustainable livelihood
• Industry revolution 4
• 0 background
• Sustainable tourism model
• Preserve and promote tangible
• Sustainable livelihood development
• Ethnic minorities
• Environmental advances
• Management of wetlands
• Livelihood opportunities in Kinawataka wetland
• Wetland livelihood opportunities
• Implementation and control
• Sustainable livelihoods
• Indian extension system
• Technological empowerment
• Sustainable livelihood security
• Rural women
• Technological empowerment of rural women
• Vietnam's economic development
• Coastal resource management
• Coastal resources
• Improved management mechanism
• Rainfed rice farms
• Conventional cropping system
• Integrated farming system model
• Sustainable rural livelihood security
• Crop fish poultry mushroom
• Shelf help groups
• Millet‟s vermicelli
• Roti making
• Livelihood security
• Sustainable food processing activities
• Themarket system
• Surrently depending
• Unliklely beenexploited
• Sustainable livelihood framework
• A commercial based approach
• Livelihood activities
• Hunger eradication and Poverty reduction
• Sustainable poverty reduction
• The central highland
• Ethnic minories area
• Sustainable development
• Self help group
• Self help group tribal farm women
• Role of KVK in strengthening
• Elephant foot yam
• Rural sustainable livelihood index
• Technological interventions
• Banana cultivation
• Economics science
• Business science
• Livelihood models
• Clean agricultural products
• Land expropriation
• Changes in income
• Giang Điền industrial park
• Local residents