DETERMINANTS OF FARMER’S USE OF MOBILE PHONE IN RECEIVING AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION

Abstract

The aim of this research was to reveal the extent of mobile phone use by the farmers in receiving agricultural information. This study considered 120 randomly selected farmers in Tetuljhora union under savar upazila of Dhaka district. A pre-tested structured interview schedule was used to collect data from the respondents during 1 August to 30 August, 2018. The findings of the research revealed that 56.7 percent of the respondents used mobile phone in receiving agricultural information and the rest 43.3 percent of them were non-user (did not use mobile phone in agricultural purpose) of mobile phone. Logistic regression findings shows that expensiveness, on farm income and education level of the farmer had significant positive contribution to their use of mobile phone in receiving agricultural information. So, the policy makers should consider these important factors to increase the users of mobile phone among the farmers.