Information Generation and Its Use by Agricultural Scientists--A Critical Study

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Review of literature. 3. Objectives and method of study. 4. Analysis of data and presentation of findings. 5. Summary, conclusions and suggestion. Bibliography.

"The book "Information Generation and Its Use by the Scientists Working in Agricultural Institutes" dealt exhaustively about "Information" in general and "Agricultural Information" in particular. It provides panoramic view of agricultural information, its nature, generation and use by agricultural scientists. The impact of different important factors like cadres, age, sex, educational qualification, professional trainings, working environment, work experience, discipline of research, first appointment, and membership to scientific societies/association etc of agricultural scientists over theirs information productivity and use of information have been studied in depth and presented in lucid manners.

The whole book is spanned in five chapters. While the chapter 1 and 2 are devoted to conceptual aspects of information generation and use in the science of agriculture, chapter 3 described the objectives and methodology. Chapter 4 presents the data analysis and findings in details with tables and graphs, the 5 and final chapter covers summary and conclusions of the study. Besides, a bibliography on the subject of study is also provided for further reading and reference."