Authors : Sapna Nagpal and Akshit Mehta
Page Nos : 16-24
Description :
Agriculture is the key part of Indian economy and it provides employment to around 58% of the population of India. The portion of agriculture in gross domestic product (GDP) is approximately 20%. Agriculture sector has shown various changes in recent years. Being the major sector in our country, agriculture sector is still filled with uncertainty and low yielding profile. For growth of agriculture, it is important to disseminate the technology to the field. ICT has influenced all the parts of our lives but farmers, landless labourers and other agricultural workers are the sections of the society who are least benefitted by the advancements in ICT. The innovative use of ICT tools in agriculture will lead to the integrated development of farmers not only in terms of crop productivity but also will improve the livelihood as well as living standards of the farmers indulged in the process of primary producers feeding the masses. In this paper, a survey on the efficiency of ICT tools available in agriculture field has been carried out in the states of Haryana and Punjab to find out the actual efficacy of these tools. The paper concludes the areas that can be focused to make ICT based agricultural tools more useful to the farmers and meet the daily information needs of the farmers.
