11 pages., via online journal., The study aims at exploring the extent of agricultural information literacy of farmers in the northern region of Bangladesh. Besides the review of relevant literature the study conducts a questionnaire-based survey of 160 farmers working in ten districts in the region. The analysis of the survey shows that farmers need information for various purposes of agricultural activities, and they use different sources and media for access to such information. Many of the farmers, however, are not well aware of modern techniques of agriculture, and they occasionally use such techniques for farming. Due to some problems farmers are moderately satisfied in getting agricultural information, and in many cases their satisfaction level is very low. The paper concludes with providing certain recommendations for the improvement of information literacy of the farmers in
Bangladesh.
Christiansen, M.K. (author), Donohue, George A. (author), Fienup, D.F. (author), Jensen, H.R. (author), Routhe, H.G. (author), and University of Minnesota}University of Minnesota}University of Minnesota}University of Minnesota}University of Minnesota
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1963
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 46 Document Number: B05646
Notes:
P. Tichenor. Special Report No. 10. Agricultural Extension service, University of Minnesota. 6 p.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 21 Document Number: B02332
Notes:
See also ID B02331, B02502;, Theodore Hutchcroft Collection, East Lansing, MI : National Project in Agricultural Communications (NPAC), [19-]. 24 p. (Number 1 in a Series), Includes six steps in organizing an agricultural information office. Also discusses communication - "the vital bridge."
private sector, INTERPAKS, A common strategy for agricultural and rural development in the third world is the operation of a government-run agricultural extension service devoted to augmenting small holder productivity. Numerous evaluations of such services, however, have concluded that they are ineffective. This paper examines an alternative strategy -- the provision of agricultural extension services by capitalist enterprise. It presents a case study of the privatization of extension services in Papua New Guinea and discusses the implications. This paper concludes that private agencies have the ability to boost agricultural production, but are unlikely to achieve broader objectives of contemporary rural development.
