Vol. 16 No. 3
Information management behaviour of shrimp farmers in West Bengal
Author(s): A. MAITY, B. SAHA, *S. S. DANA, R. GUPTA AND M. RAY SARKAR
Abstract: Now days, information is a basic necessity of everyday life. For anything and everything information is required. Information can be obtained or retrieved from various sources. Shrimp farmers constitute a particular group of users whose information needs are very specific. The present paper deals with the information needs of the shrimp farmers’ community in West Bengal. The present study was undertaken in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal. A total of 200 shrimp farmers were selected from the district by using simple random sampling method. Data were collected with the help of structured interview schedule with observation method. The following observations were revealed in the study. With regard to the issuing of shrimp farmers as stated by their information management behavior, majority of the shrimp farmers belonged to medium category of (62%), followed by high (22 %) and low (16%) categories. Whereas, 70.50% shrimp farmers grouped under medium category with regard to their information seeking behavior. Private consultancy, input suppliers and progressive farmers were the major source of information. 64 per cent of the shrimp farmers had moderate level of information evaluation behaviour. It can be concluded from the study that the large number of shrimp farmers did not have the structured procedure of information storage and that may be the reason of deformity of information.
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