A. LALITHA, JOHN C. RICKETTS, JEIEL BALLARD, K. S. PURNIMA AND M. VENKATA RAMULU
Department of Agricultural Extension, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur-522 034 (Andhra
Pradesh), India
*(e-mail: lalitha@angrau.ac.in; Mobile:90104 20952)
(Received: May 29, 2022; Accepted: July 18, 2022)
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted in 2022 to investigate the perception of the agricultural staff of extension system of Tennessee State University (TSU), USA about IoT concept and IoT applications in agriculture. Seventy-eight agricultural staff were randomly selected and administered the pre-tested questionnaire (Google form). The results revealed that majority (90%) used the internet every day for 1-10 h. Furthermore, all the scientists had smart devices and had been using them for more than two years and had Wi-Fi at their offices and home. Only 18% of the respondents belonged to ‘high’ perception category and nearly three-fourth (70.5%) of the staff belonged to ‘moderate perception about IoT concepts’ categories. Data were analyzed and ANOVA revealed that the mean scores of perception about IoT applications in agriculture differed significantly among different categories of TSU agricultural staff (Ag. teacher, college faculty/specialist and extension agent/director) at 10% level of significance. This study is suggestive of significant effect possibly with a larger sample size and recommends further studies about the new concept IoT and its applications in agriculture.
Key words : Internet of Things (IoT), agriculture, agricultural extension, Tennessee State University