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Title : Communication Correlates of Improved Vegetable Farming Material Type: printed text Authors: Thakur, M.K., Author ; Thakur, N.S., Author Pagination: 282-287 p. Languages : English (eng) Keywords: improved technology. mass communication, poverty reduction. vegetable farming Abstract: Mass media plays an important role to create awareness in disseminating imprrJI'ed agricultuml
tec:lmologies. To examine the mass media coverage for disseminaring the imprrwed \'egewhle
practice.\· at farmer's le~·el, tlw stud:r was conducted in jive progressive villages of Jlwpa ami
Morang districts of Eastem Nepal. A total of 100 respondellts were selected for household Slll1'ey
and 20 respond ems from each village were chosen randomly. It ll'as observed that the l'egetable
growers ll'ere e.\]JOsed to mass media much more than the intetper.mnal contact. It II'Cl.l' found that
tire IIUL\·imwn vegetable growen; (4 I%) used tele~·isio11 as a source of information on im1Jrol'ed
teclrnology follmred by radio (28%) a11d newspapers ( 17%). Since the cOIIIIIIIIIIity in the rural area
11'0.\' vet)' close knit along ll'itl! nwss media, other conm11micatiun sources such as family members
and neighbors become \'el)' important for the diffusion of imfmJ\'ed 1·egetable technologies. Tire
smvey revealed that tile coverage of mass meclia on imprm·ed vegetable production 1\'ll.\' a quite
e.lfective and efficient ll'l!ere most of the fcrrmers were dependent 011 it for new so11rce r?(
knowledge. 011 the other hand, fctrmers expressed that the extension people had less frequent 1•isit
to their farms for technical support. Tire extension agencies should be made more c:[fec:rive to
provide recent informlllion on imfJrovecl vegetable farming. It ll'as also obsen·ed that elclerly
fcmners ll'ere less preferred to adopt tire impro\•ecl vegera!J/e reclurologies, a.\' tlrc•y like to stick to
tire traditional systems of vegetable janui11~.Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=515 Communication Correlates of Improved Vegetable Farming [printed text] / Thakur, M.K., Author ; Thakur, N.S., Author . - [s.d.] . - 282-287 p.
Languages : English (eng)
Keywords: improved technology. mass communication, poverty reduction. vegetable farming Abstract: Mass media plays an important role to create awareness in disseminating imprrJI'ed agricultuml
tec:lmologies. To examine the mass media coverage for disseminaring the imprrwed \'egewhle
practice.\· at farmer's le~·el, tlw stud:r was conducted in jive progressive villages of Jlwpa ami
Morang districts of Eastem Nepal. A total of 100 respondellts were selected for household Slll1'ey
and 20 respond ems from each village were chosen randomly. It ll'as observed that the l'egetable
growers ll'ere e.\]JOsed to mass media much more than the intetper.mnal contact. It II'Cl.l' found that
tire IIUL\·imwn vegetable growen; (4 I%) used tele~·isio11 as a source of information on im1Jrol'ed
teclrnology follmred by radio (28%) a11d newspapers ( 17%). Since the cOIIIIIIIIIIity in the rural area
11'0.\' vet)' close knit along ll'itl! nwss media, other conm11micatiun sources such as family members
and neighbors become \'el)' important for the diffusion of imfmJ\'ed 1·egetable technologies. Tire
smvey revealed that tile coverage of mass meclia on imprm·ed vegetable production 1\'ll.\' a quite
e.lfective and efficient ll'l!ere most of the fcrrmers were dependent 011 it for new so11rce r?(
knowledge. 011 the other hand, fctrmers expressed that the extension people had less frequent 1•isit
to their farms for technical support. Tire extension agencies should be made more c:[fec:rive to
provide recent informlllion on imfJrovecl vegetable farming. It ll'as also obsen·ed that elclerly
fcmners ll'ere less preferred to adopt tire impro\•ecl vegera!J/e reclurologies, a.\' tlrc•y like to stick to
tire traditional systems of vegetable janui11~.Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=515 E-copies
http://nkcs.org.np/narc/dl/?r=515URL Content analysis of post graduate theses in development communication / Thakur, M.K. in Nepal Agriculture Research Journal, Vol. 5 (2004)
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Title : Content analysis of post graduate theses in development communication Material Type: printed text Authors: Thakur, M.K., Author ; Rabindra N. Trikha, Author Publication Date: 2004 Article on page: 28-32 p Languages : English (eng) Keywords: Content analysis, development communication, post graduate thesis Abstract: The study was conducted to find out the pattern of post-graduate research studies, the research
design, the tools and the techniques used, the geographical distribution and the contents of 26
post-graduate theses. All the theses of Development Communication were taken for the study. The
theses were categorized into fourteen areas of research. Majority of them were on educational
technology followed by development journalism. Most of the theses had four objectives and had
institutions as a locale of the study. Purposive sampling pattern was largely adopted. Majority of
them had 101 to 150 respondents, dominated by students and rural women. Descriptive research
design was used by the maximum respondents. Many of them used primary data. Maximum
researchers used combination of schedules and questionnaires. Majority of them used original
scale. Estimation (percentage) was used by majority of the researchers for analysis of data. Almost
all theses had informative titles and majority of them had informative abstracts. Many of the
theses contained 101-150 pages. Effective table of contents and standard format were used by the
thesis writers. Majority of theses had 21-40 illustrations. All the theses had review presentations in
chronological order and bibliography in alphabetical order. Many of them had 1-3 appendices and
attached instruments used.Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=75
in Nepal Agriculture Research Journal > Vol. 5 (2004) . - 28-32 p[article] Content analysis of post graduate theses in development communication [printed text] / Thakur, M.K., Author ; Rabindra N. Trikha, Author . - 2004 . - 28-32 p.
Languages : English (eng)
in Nepal Agriculture Research Journal > Vol. 5 (2004) . - 28-32 p
Keywords: Content analysis, development communication, post graduate thesis Abstract: The study was conducted to find out the pattern of post-graduate research studies, the research
design, the tools and the techniques used, the geographical distribution and the contents of 26
post-graduate theses. All the theses of Development Communication were taken for the study. The
theses were categorized into fourteen areas of research. Majority of them were on educational
technology followed by development journalism. Most of the theses had four objectives and had
institutions as a locale of the study. Purposive sampling pattern was largely adopted. Majority of
them had 101 to 150 respondents, dominated by students and rural women. Descriptive research
design was used by the maximum respondents. Many of them used primary data. Maximum
researchers used combination of schedules and questionnaires. Majority of them used original
scale. Estimation (percentage) was used by majority of the researchers for analysis of data. Almost
all theses had informative titles and majority of them had informative abstracts. Many of the
theses contained 101-150 pages. Effective table of contents and standard format were used by the
thesis writers. Majority of theses had 21-40 illustrations. All the theses had review presentations in
chronological order and bibliography in alphabetical order. Many of them had 1-3 appendices and
attached instruments used.Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=75