Haider, ABM Badrul, Mohammad Solaiman Hossain, Fatiha Sultana Eti, and Abul Khayerand M. Shahanul Islam.
Abstract
The study was conducted to pursue the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in agricultural development in Bangladesh. The data were collected from 50 randomly selected farmers from four unions of Noakhali at southern Bangladesh. A mixed method research design was used to determine the role of ICTs. The findings of the study revealed that the majority of the respondents (80%) had observed medium role of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in agricultural activities followed by 18% and 02% had high and low role of ICTs respectively. Correlation analysis indicated that among the selected socio-economic condition, respondent’s education, household assets, annual family income, communication exposure and agricultural training showed positive and significant relationship with the role ICTs. On the other hand, age showed negative significant relationship while credit received showed no significant relationship with the role of mobile phone for improving livelihood. It was found that the large portion (80%) of the farmers had faced medium to high constraints and they were in the categories of middle to old aged in adoption ICTs.