ICT programmes and policies for agricultural extension in India: A Review

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in agriculture is an emerging field focusing on the enhancement of agricultural sector in India. It involves application of innovative ways to use ICT in the rural domain. It can provide with accurate information necessary for the farmers this facilitates better Agricultural output. In recent year farmer's attitude to access to agricultural information has changed owing to the emergence of fast network of information and communication technology. Farmers can get the information regarding fertilizers, pesticides, crop patterns and weather forecasting and other information at zero affordable cost. Many of the organizations like government, private, co-operatives and public have also attempted to facilitate the information technology transfer in the agriculture sector. ICT is crucial in facilitating communication and access toinformation for agriculture and rural development. With this perspective present study is going to find out the relevant ICT applications for agricultural extension in India under the central government initiative with policy perspective