Impact of Farmers’ Climate Risk Perception and Socio-Economic Attributes on Their Choice of ICT-Based Agricultural Information Services: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

Nasir Abbas Khan, Ashfaq Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman Tariq (), Ataharul Chowdhury and Uttam Khanal
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Nasir Abbas Khan: Research Center of Risk Management and Emergency Decision-Making, School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Ashfaq Ahmad Shah: Research Center for Environment and Society, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman Tariq: College of Engineering, IT & Environment, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia
Ataharul Chowdhury: School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
Uttam Khanal: Productivity Commission, Melbourne, VIC 8003, Australia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-19

Abstract: In Pakistan, research on information and communication technologies-based agricultural information services (ICTbAIS) have gained significant attention owing to the overwhelming population of smallholder farmers (whose information needs are unable to be met by the conventional extension services) and the increasing incidence of climatic risk. This study is, therefore, conducted in the Punjab province of Pakistan (mixed cropping region) to explore farmers’ use of ICTbAIS and understand the relationship between farmers’ socio-economic attributes, risk perception, and choices of ICTbAIS. A sample of 480 farmers was drawn using a multistage sampling approach, and farmers were interviewed face-to-face. To analyze the dataset, a multivariate Probit (MVP) model was employed. The results show that Television (TV) and mobile-based advisory and mobile-based consultations appeared to be the most used ICTbAIS, followed by radio and internet-based advisory. The estimates of the MVP model showed that farmers’ age, education, farmland, tenancy status, off-farm income, and climate risk perception are significant determinants of their choices of ICTbAIS. Based on our results, we suggest policymakers and extension agencies to improve the content of ICTbAIS and make efforts for the awareness and training of farmers regarding the use of contemporary ICTs.

Keywords: climate risk; agriculture; internet; social media; communication technologies; Pakistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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