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Constraints of Using Information and Communication Technologies by Young Entrepreneurs for Farm Management

M.S.U. Asif
MS Student
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, BAU, Mymensingh-2202

M.G. Farouque
Professor
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, BAU, Mymensingh-2202

M. H. Rahman
Professor
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, BAU, Mymensingh-2202

M. M. Rana
Lecturer
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, BAU, Mymensingh-2202

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The main purpose of the study was to investigate the constraints of using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by the young entrepreneurs in farm management. The study was conducted in four randomly selected villages of Trishal and Fulbaria upazila under Mymensingh district. Considering the other parts of the country young fish and poultry entrepreneurs were more prominent in this region. There were around 300 fish and 560 poultry entrepreneurs on the study area. Among the young entrepreneurs, a total of 90 respondents (31 fish and 59 poultry entrepreneurs) were randomly selected to have ultimate respondents for conducting the study which was 10.47 percent of the total population. A four point rating scale was used to measure the constraints faced by the young entrepreneurs. Data were collected during 20 September to 23 October 2018. Correlation test was used to ascertain the relationships between the selected variables of the young entrepreneurs and their constraints of usage of ICTs. The results revealed that around two-third (64.44 percent) of the young entrepreneurs had faced moderate constraints and 35.56 percent of the young entrepreneurs had faced high constraints for using ICTs in farm management. Among the 10 selected socio-economic characteristics of young entrepreneurs, two characteristics namely training received and extension media contact had negative significant relationship with the constraints of using ICTs by the young entrepreneurs in farm management. These two characteristics had major contributions about constraints faced by young entrepreneurs in using ICTs in farm management. Overall, the young entrepreneurs had faced moderate constraints of using ICTs in farm management. So attention should be given by the government and other concerned organizations providing IT services to minimize the constraints and make the ICTs easily accessible for the young entrepreneurs for sustainable agricultural development. Keywords: Constraints, inf

Keywords: Constraints, Information and communication technology (ICT), Young entrepreneurs, Farm management

Location: Four randomly selected villages of Trishal and Fulbaria upazila under Mymensingh district.

Start Date: 20-09-2018

End Date: 23-10-2018

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Commodity: Constraints, Technology, Information service

Objectives:

Keeping all this in background, the present investigation was conducted with the following specific objectives:

To determine the constraints faced by the young entrepreneurs of using ICTs for farm management
To explore the relationships between the selected characteristics of the young entrepreneurs and the constraints of using ICTs facilities for farm management

Methodology:

Locale of the Study The study was conducted in Trishal and Fulbaria upazila under Mymensingh district. The villages namely Ujanvatipara and Bawaliapara under Dhanikhola union of Trishal and the villages namely Suaitpur and Dulma under Enayetpur union of Fulbaria were selected as the specific study area. The villages were selected by the researcher because young fish and poultry entrepreneurs were available in these four villages. Thus, the number of total population was 860 (fish entrepreneurs- 325 & poultry entrepreneurs- 535).Among the young entrepreneurs, a total of 90 respondents (31 fish and 59 poultry entrepreneurs) were sampled using stratified random sampling technique which was about 10.50 percent of the total population. Data were collected from the respondents by the researcher using structured interview schedule from the period of September to October 2018. Measurement of Variables Constraints of using ICTs by the young entrepreneurs was the focus variable of the study. For measuring the constraints of using ICTs by the respondents, a 4 point rating scale was used. 12 items were identified to measure the constraints of using ICTs by young entrepreneurs. Each respondent was asked each item to indicate his own extent of constraints of using ICTs along with a 4 point rating scale: high, medium, low and not at all. Weights assigned to these responses were 3, 2, 1 and 0 respectively. The total score of a respondent was determined by summing up the weights for responses against all 12 statements.

CFI = HX3+MX2+LX1+NAX0

Where, CFI = Constraints Faced Index H = Total number of respondents expressed their opinion as ‘high’ for the statement M =Total number of respondents expressed their opinion as ‘medium’ for the statement L =Total number of respondents expressed their opinion as ‘low’ for the statement NA =Total number of respondents expressed their opinion as ‘not at all’ for the statement.

Thus, the constraints faced index of a respondent could be ranged from 0 to 36 where 0 indicates no constraints of using ICTs and 36 indicates high constraints of using ICTs by the young entrepreneurs in farm management.

Data Processing and Analysis The collected data were properly edited and coded before final analysis. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used for data management. Mainly descriptive statistical techniques such as percentage, frequency, mean, standard deviation and correlation were used in data interpretation.

Source of Information: Bangladesh Journal of Extension Education ISSN 1011-3916 Volume 31, No. 1&2, 2019: 29-37

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Achievement/Findings:

The study concludes that most of the young entrepreneurs faced moderate constraints of using ICTs for farm management. But the extent of usage of ICTs by young entrepreneurs is increasing day by day as most of the young entrepreneurs were moderate users of ICTs. A number of constraints were faced by the young entrepreneurs during the use of ICTs for farm management. This may occur due to less developed IT sector in Bangladesh, lack of technical knowledge of young entrepreneurs, poor socio-economic condition of the young entrepreneurs, lack of government initiatives etc. Among the 10 selected characteristics of young entrepreneurs two characteristics namely training received and extension media contact showed a significant negative relationship with the constraints of using ICTs by young entrepreneurs in farm management. These two characteristics seem to have major contributions on constraints of using ICTs by young entrepreneurs in farm management. Considering the findings of the study some essential policy recommendations have been made which are: development of IT sector, making the ICTs services available to the young entrepreneurs, create awareness and interest among the young entrepreneurs about the usage of ICTs through mass media such as newspaper, poster, leaflet, television etc. provide satisfied network; and make ICT devices cheap and easily accessible to remove the constraints of using ICTs by the young entrepreneurs for better farm management.

Knowledge Management: Journal