Utilization of Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC) Facilities by Farm Families in Udham Singh Nagar District (Uttarakhand)

The objective of the present study was to find out the extent of utilization of Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC) facilities by farm families. The sample consisted of randomly selected 95 respondents including 80 farmers and 15 farm women from 8 villages of two panchayat samities of Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand state who were regularly in contact with the ATIC functionaries for last 5 years. Personal interview technique was used for collecting data from the respondents. Frequency distribution, percentage and mean per cent score were used for analysis of data. The outcome of the study reveals that utilization of ATIC facilities by the respondents was poor as depicted by overall mean per cent utilization score (13.48). Majority of the respondents (65.26 %) were in the category of low level of utilization whereas, 34.73 per cent respondents belonged to medium level of utilization of ATIC facilities. None of the respondents was in the high utilization category.