Information needs of the Ruralwomen Farmers: A study

This paper attempts to highlight the agricultural information needs of the women farmers in Garani village Tumkur District, Karnataka. The population of the study are women farmers. Survey method was adopted in this study and data were collected by using questionnaire and interview method. The results revel that 81.25% of the rural women are using mobile phones for getting their agricultural information. It is also found that the first preferred sources of the information of women farmers is newspapers following by other farmers or colleague and television.