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{"title":"A Survey on Alternative Schools in Kumaon Division of Uttarakhand","authors":"N. Upreti, A. Singh","doi":"10.5958/0976-2442.2018.00009.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-2442.2018.00009.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":286963,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Communication","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124723895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effectiveness of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Gadgets in Gaining Knowledge of Tomato Crop Production Practices among Farmers of Karnataka","authors":"S. Dechamma, V. Gowda, N. Gangadharappa, M. B. Shanabhoga","doi":"10.5958/0976-2442.2016.00007.0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-2442.2016.00007.0","url":null,"abstract":"The twenty-first century is characterised as an age of information technology. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become indispensable in our daily life to reinforce ourselves for our agricultural needs. ICTs can be broadly interpreted as technologies that facilitate communication, processing and transmission of information by electronic means. Some of the ICT gadgets like televisions, computers, mobiles and internet are effectively used by technologists to disseminate agricultural-related information to the large number of farmers. Many efforts are going on in designing Agriportals, expert systems and developing multimedia DVDs for agriculture. Universities, research institutes and development departments are utilising these support systems to educate the farmers on various agriculture-related aspects. The present study is designed to measure the relative effectiveness of television, Agri-portal and multimedia DVDs in gaining knowledge of tomato crop production practices among farmers. The study was conducted in Hoskote taluk of Bangalore rural district. Total sample size of the study is 90 farmers comprising 30 each under television, Agri-portal and DVD. The before and after experimental research design was adopted for the study. The three treatments namely, television (T1), e-krishi Agriportal (T2) and DVD (T3) were tested for their effectiveness. The effectiveness was studied in terms of knowledge gained through these three treatments. Television (T1) was found to be the most effective and superior in imparting knowledge with the enhancement of 49.86%, followed by DVD 43.35% and e-krishiAgri-portal 43.03%. All the three treatments were effective in imparting knowledge with considerable variation in their effectiveness. The paired ‘t’ test revealed that there exist a significant difference in knowledge level of tomato crop production practices among the T1, T2 and T3 farmers at 1% level of significance.","PeriodicalId":286963,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Communication","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124958795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"M-learning: An Educational Approach for Change in Hills of Uttarakhand","authors":"G. Mahra, B. Jirli, Ashok Rai","doi":"10.5958/J.0976-2442.6.2.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/J.0976-2442.6.2.021","url":null,"abstract":"Timely, precise and location-specific advisory to the farmers on crop management is the key for effective extension. Extension agent to farmer ratio in India is estimated to be at 1:2,000. Hence, there arises a need for such an advisory system which will be quick, easy to access and free from geographical barriers. Mobile learning or m-learning is such an information and communication technology (ICT) tool. The increasing penetration of mobile phones and mobile-enabled information services in rural India has made it possible to disseminate information related to crop and variety selection, fertiliser and irrigation management, disease and pest management, weather forecasting, market price of the product and ongoing government programmes at the palm of the farmers. A study was conducted in the foothills of Himalaya with the objective to ascertain the gain in knowledge of cabbage and wheat growers in the Nainital and the Almora districts of Uttarakhand. Two blocks, four villages and 140 farmers possessing mobile phones formed the sample of the study. The results indicate that there is significant gain in issues associated with seed and sowing, fertiliser management, plant protection and marketing of the produce. The correlation studies indicate a significant association between education, extension agency contact and innovativeness of the farmers. There was a significant increase under all information package subheads, which clearly indicate the relevance and positive effect of m-learning intervention under high category. A decreasing trend was observed in medium and low category of respondents, in which movement of farmers from low to medium and medium to high categories was observed.","PeriodicalId":286963,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Communication","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130266236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Attitude of Farmers towards ITC's e-Choupal: Comparison between Users and Non-Users","authors":"S. Arora, S. Rathore","doi":"10.5958/J.0976-2442.6.1.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/J.0976-2442.6.1.008","url":null,"abstract":"A large number of information and communication technology (ICT) initiatives have been taken up at the national as well as state level for dissemination of knowledge and information to the rural population. ITC Ltd. initiated e-choupal in June 2000 to cater to agriculture-related needs of the farmers. One major factor that directly affects adoption of any ICT initiative and success is the attitude of the audience towards it. Thus, an effort has been made to study the attitude of the user farmers and non-user farmers towards this programme. The study has been carried out in the Tarai region of Uttarakhand. Purposive sampling was done to select the Udham Singh Nagar district and simple random sampling was done to select the centres from two hubs - Kashipur and Kichcha. In all, 220 farmers (110 users and 110 non-users) were selected for the study. The findings indicate that e-choupal has considerably provided some insights into the attitude of farmers towards the programme. The attitude of the users was better than that of the non-users towards e-choupal and its components, as majority of the users had moderately favourable attitude towards the ITC Ltd. sanchalak as well as services provided at the e-choupal, whereas comparatively less number of non-users felt so.","PeriodicalId":286963,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Communication","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128809607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perception of Respondents towards the Effect of Jeevika Project in Bihar State","authors":"Kirti, B. Jirli, D. De, P. Mandal","doi":"10.5958/0976-2442.2015.00016.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-2442.2015.00016.6","url":null,"abstract":"Slowdown in agricultural growth and productivity, changing cropping patterns, increase in distress migration, changing consumption patterns, and government policies favouring industrial houses, among others have seriously undermined the food and livelihood security of the poorer households. An integrated, multi-dimensional and holistic approach to poverty eradication efforts is crucial to preserve and enhance the livelihoods of the poor. The rural poverty situation in India is highly complex and greatly differentiated by geography, demography and social class. Nearly 60% of the rural poor households are concentrated in the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Taking cognizance of the enormity of problem, the government of Bihar has initiated a project Jeevika – Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Project in six districts of Bihar viz., Nalanda, Gaya, Khagaria, Muzaffarpur, Madhubani and Purnia in 2007. This study is attempting to undertake a micro-level analysis of collected data to assess the effect of Jeevika Project in Bihar state as perceived by the respondents through study of their perception towards the effect of the programme in their life in terms of institutional and capacity building, financial inclusion, social development and entitlements, used by them and provided by the project in Muraul Block of Muzaffarpur District of Bihar. A total sample size of 160 respondents from the SHGs formed as the basic working units of Jeevika project were selected by simple random sampling Procedure. Data were collected by using personal interview method in 2014. Out of 160 respondents, 116 respondents (72.5%) had perceived that there was change in their life due to effect of Jeevika and 44 respondents (27.5%) perceived that there was no effect and 150 (93.8%) respondents were ‘aware’ and 10 respondents (6.3%) were ‘not aware’ about Self-Help Groups (SHGs) before joining the project; none of the respondents were member of any other SHGs before joining the project; out of 160 respondents only 34 respondents (21.1%) were availing loan facility provided by the project's SHGs.","PeriodicalId":286963,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Communication","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129428027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perceived Utility and Users’ Satisfaction about Information Provided by Rice Knowledge Management Portal (RKMP)","authors":"Sunil Kumar, V. Sangeetha, Premlata Singh, R. R. Burman, Arpan Bhowmik","doi":"10.5958/0976-2442.2017.00021.0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-2442.2017.00021.0","url":null,"abstract":"Present world is observing the vast of information availability in public as well as private domain. With the advent of information technology, the world is getting much competitive. Information and communication technologies have been establishing themselves for so long as the futuristic tools for technology dissemination. In process of reaching up to the ultimate users in agrarian system, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, with the help of Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad has developed Rice Knowledge Management Portal (RKMP) to provide all the information related to rice. The present study was conducted with the purpose of studying perceived utility and users’ satisfaction about information provided by RKMP. The research was conducted in purposively selected districts of Nalgonda in Telangana and West Godavari of Andhra Pradesh, and simple random sampling technique was used to select the respondents. Ex post facto research design was used; data was collected using semi-structured interview schedule. Responses upon perception about the content of the portal by various stakeholders were collected using Likert-type scale. It was found that 57.5% of the farmers strongly perceived that RKMP content is related to improved cultivation practices, 56.7% of the scientists strongly perceived that content is in simple language and 70% of the extension personnel moderately perceived that content is free of spelling errors. Satisfaction with information provided in RKMP revealed that 51.3% of the farmers were mostly satisfied with the adequate content. A percentage of 66.7 scientists were mostly satisfied with the adequate content, whereas 73.3% of the extension personnel were strongly satisfied with the timeliness of information provided by RKMP. The finding will help in restructuring and incorporating necessary modification for reaching the unreached for effective dissemination of information and making portal more effective for users to ensure timely and relevant information.","PeriodicalId":286963,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Communication","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129805821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mediamorphosis and Beyond: Mass Media on Social Networks between Use and Abuse: A SWOT Analysis","authors":"A. Hammad","doi":"10.5958/0976-2442.2015.00001.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-2442.2015.00001.4","url":null,"abstract":"Changes in contemporary media landscape are going rapidly more than the ability of scholars to study and theorise. The growth of media presence on web generates many questions. These dramatic changes raise fundamental questions about where new media come from and what their impact will be on existing media. Mediamorphosis is a theory that tries to understand these kinds of changes in media. The core idea of this theory is that media are ‘complex, adaptive systems’ which respond to the changes in media landscape. But after years of this theory, it should be reevaluated and searched to discover what are implications beyond this theory. Depending on mass media practices especially on the sphere of social networks, this study will try to evaluate these practices and clarify the most prominent issues which are brought to the scene. The study depends on qualitative longitudinal (QLL) observation as a research tool; 36 mass media Facebook pages were tracked and observed for 24 months starting at 1st October 2011 till 30th September 2013. The sample was selected according to the most ranked Facebook pages in Egypt; some of them were included after the start of study according to their rapid popularity. The results show there is a good chance for mass media to build and develop Facebook pages on their brand names and gain popularity for their traditional media format. But on the other hand, these practices represent a great threat to the essence of SNS itself and always lead them to lose its role as collaborative knowledge building tool and as social place. Some theoretical models were highlighted and discussed; some other models were developed; cultural contexts were considered.","PeriodicalId":286963,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Communication","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124521013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Role assessment of scientists working in kvks of Gujarat","authors":"R. Bellagi, H. B. Patel, N. C. Patil, G. Manunayaka","doi":"10.5958/0976-2442.2020.00004.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-2442.2020.00004.x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":286963,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Communication","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122946053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Rural Development","authors":"P. Mandal, Kirti B. Jirli","doi":"10.5958/0976-2442.2016.00022.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-2442.2016.00022.7","url":null,"abstract":"Information and communication technologies (ICTs) refer to technologies that provide access to information through telecommunication. It is similar to information technology (IT) but focuses primarily on communication technologies which include the internet, wireless networks; cell phone and other communication technologies have created a “global village” in which people can communicate with others across the world. For this reason, ICTs after studied in the context of how modern communication technologies affect society. Several initiatives way in India to demonstrate the significant benefits of ICTs for rural populations. The ICTs are expected to exert positive inference on Education, Health, Employment and Agriculture which will have impact on Socio-economic aspects of rural poverty. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are crucial in improving access to health and education services and creating new sources of income and employment for the poor section of society. At present, the majority of applications and systems on climate change issues within the agricultural sector are related to scenario development, impact assessment and adaptation planning. Information is vital to tackle climate change effect for this reason, a shift is needed in the agriculture sector to disseminate appropriate knowledge at the right time to the ones who are at the frontline in the battle the farmers, in both developed and developing countries. Knowledge transfer should take into account farmers’ point of view, with the aim of building on their knowledge and capitalize on it. The decreasing cost of hardware, increase in reach of communication network and availability of the same at district and below district level is open-up huge potential for agricultural scientists and extension worker to reach the farming community in more focus, precise and specific manner.","PeriodicalId":286963,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Communication","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117127467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impact of Agricultural Development on Environment","authors":"I. Prabhakar, N. Vijay, Jaisingh, B. L. Manjunatha","doi":"10.5958/0976-2442.2015.00006.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-2442.2015.00006.3","url":null,"abstract":"Agriculture was the key development that led to the development of human civilization. Since its development, agriculture has expanded vastly in geographical coverage and yields. The green revolution has changed India from a starving nation to one of the world's leading agricultural nation. However, introduction of the chemical farm inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, etc., has started to degrade the agro-ecosystem. The quantity as well as frequency of chemical use in farming has been increasing in every cropping season, and yet the soil has to be replenished by more chemicals, while the total crop output is decreasing (Conway, 1997: The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the 21st Century. London: Penguin). Due to the increased irrigation, groundwater depletion as well as contamination also came into the forefront. With the lowering of water table by 0.6 m a year, the farmers with shallow wells in Punjab were forced to drill tube wells (Brown, 2001. Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. Earth Policy Institute, Washington DC). Further, through the entry of GM crops, the threat to biodiversity of the ecosystem is reported to be escalating even if the promoters of genetic engineering in agriculture are raising this development as the second Green Revolution.","PeriodicalId":286963,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Communication","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114191342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}