SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON CULTIVATION PRACTICES TO
FARMERS IN KERALA

Anilkumar P

doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i09.019

Title: SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON CULTIVATION PRACTICES TO FARMERS IN KERALA
Authors: Anilkumar P.
Journal: International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research (IJSSER) ISSN: 2455-8834 Volume: 6 Issue: 9 Publication Date: September 2021 DOI: 10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i09.019
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Anilkumar P. Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University College, Thiruvananthapuram
MLA 8 P., Anilkumar. "SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON CULTIVATION PRACTICES TO FARMERS IN KERALA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 6, no. 9, Sept. 2021, pp. 3358-3370, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i09.019. Accessed Sept. 2021. APA 6 P., A. (2021, September). SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON CULTIVATION PRACTICES TO FARMERS IN KERALA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 6(9), 3358-3370. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i09.019 Chicago P., Anilkumar. "SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON CULTIVATION PRACTICES TO FARMERS IN KERALA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 6, no. 9 (September 2021), 3358-3370. Accessed September, 2021. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i09.019.
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ABSTRACT: A plethora of information on cultivation practices are available to the farming community which helps in increasing the agricultural production. This study analyses the depth of the different media which provide meaningful information to the farmers in Kerala. While print media provides information to farmers through newspaper, farm leaflets and farm magazine, mass media provides information through via Radio and TV programmes. Among the different Information communication technology media initiatives at the farmer’s level, print media plays a vital role in the information dissemination in agriculture and rural development in Kerala. As far as the media is concerned, it is the newspapers which provide great importance in farm related news. They provide information about seeds, farming, harvest, cropping, implements, weather and various government development programs to the farming community. The purpose of the radio programmes in agricultural activities is to inform the local market prices, weather information, and day to day information about agriculture. Agri. Portal are the specially designed web sites that brings information and knowledge from diverse sources like emails, online forums and search engines together in an uniform way which disseminate information to the farmers which in turn leads to agricultural development.

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