2013, Vol. 1, Issue 6, Part A

author(s)
Deepak Kumar Shrivastava

abstract
This study looks at how tribal and non-tribal farmers in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district get their information aiming to show the differences in their info-gathering habits. The research points out how managing farm info plays a key role in food security and helps sustainable growth as farming tech changes. The team gathered data from 320 small farmers in eight villages, with an equal mix of tribal and non-tribal folks. The findings indicate that most of the respondents (40.00%) had five to six sources of information followed by 30.62 per cent of them who had three to four sources of information. It was also observed that most (38.12%) of the non-tribal respondents had five to six sources of information. The data reveals that the majority of the tribal respondents (86.87%) used neighbours for obtaining agricultural information. Similarly, the majority (78.13%) of the non-tribal respondents used neighbours as their source of agricultural information. Results show both groups turn to people they know - neighbors, friends, and family - for farm info. But non-tribal farmers tap into more info sources than tribal ones do.