Author(s):

Ramappa Patil, Maruthesh AM, Manjunath B and Jagadeesh GB

Abstract: The present study was undertaken during the year 2013-14 in the Davangere district of Karnataka state. The district was selected purposively for the study because the district represents three agro climate zones. The ex-post-facto research design was used for the study. All the 24 Raitha Samparka Kendras in Davanagere district were purposively selected for the study. The data was collected from the 45 extension personnel and 90 farmers using structured interview schedule. The results of the study revealed that, Half (51.12%) of the extension personnel were in old age, having high working experience with average training. Majority of them were having medium level of awareness about use of ICT and majority of them had medium level of work load. With respect to farmer respondents, majority of the farmers were middle aged with medium level of education having big land holdings and with high income. Majority of them belonged to medium level of mass media participation, extension contact and extension participation. Major portion of them belonged to high level of scientific orientation, credit orientation and majority of them were belonged to medium level category with respect to information consultancy behavior, cosmopoliteness, material possession and farming experience.

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