10 pages, Agricultural information is very essential for smallholder farmers to increase farm production and productivity. However, there is no proper access to accurate and adequate agricultural information to smallholder farmers. This paper attempts to identify the existing agricultural information source and the agricultural information need of the smallholder farmers along with usefulness of the provided agricultural information. Household level data were obtained from four wards of Bharatpur metropolitan of Chitwan district during 2019. The result showed agrovet shops as most common source of agricultural information for smallholder farmers. The most needed agricultural information was about input market and prices followed by disease and pest control. Moderately useful agricultural information was provided to smallholder farmers. Findings of this research suggest that context specific agricultural information should be provided through the existing channels to the smallholder farmers.
Bernardo, F.A. (author / Director, SEARCA, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines; and President, the Asian Association of Agricultural Colleges and Universities (AAACU) YR 1985) and Director, SEARCA, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines; and President, the Asian Association of Agricultural Colleges and Universities (AAACU) YR 1985
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
unknown
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 54 Document Number: C01136
Notes:
AgComm Teaching; See also ID C01252 to C01275, In: Symposium on education for agriculture; 1984 November 12-16; Manila, Philippines. Manila, Philippines : the International Rice Research Institute, 1985. 21 p.
