Analysis of Krushi Sanjwahini of Agriculture Technology Information Centre (ATIC)

The Agricultural Technology Information Centre is a single window delivery, dissemination and supporting system for various innovative and farm worthy techniques, technical advice, diagnostic services, input supply. To fulfil objectives of ATIC one of the important service offered to farmers is, information or technical knowhow is given on telephone (02452-229000) to farmers as per their demand in the form of questions/ doubts/ problems/queries. From the inception i.e. 1st July 2014 this service is offered to farmers on every Tuesday 06.00 to 08.00 pm, all subject experts sit around the telephone and farmers calls are attended in the evening hours. The total questions received are 365, maximum question were received from the Parbhani district followed by Hingoli, major questions were belong to Agronomy discipline followed by Horticulture and Entomology. The results were discussed in detail in the paper.