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Impact of Information Technology on Farm Income of Hill Area of India

D. R. Thakur , D. R. Thakur , Nitika Sood

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Indian Journal of Agriculture Business 1(1):p 5-13, Jan-Jun 2015. | DOI:

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The study of information technology on farm income of hill area of India during year 2010-11 using simple random sampling technique revealed that mobile service is more common as compared to the other services and cost incurred on this service was one-fourth of the total cost(Rs370/-)of information technology incurred on average farms situation. On an average cost incurred on additional inputs with us the technology for information by the farmers was Rs 1802.50/ farm and added cost to the labor was Rs 895.30/ farm on overall farms situation. Whereas, technology saved time was 10.33 times with one unit used time through information technology. The substantial impact of information technology was noted in enhancing productivity/ production and employment generation. The total contribution of information technology on per farm income was estimated to be Rs 40037 on an average farms situation, which accounted for about 31 percent. The net additional returns over total cost of information technology and additional inputs were Rs 36935.87, accounted for about 28.53 percent of the total farm income. The output-input ratio analysis of the information technology indicated its superiority; it contributes 13 times more with one rupee investment on it.

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