Thesis information "The need to use agricultural and rural information of farmers (Through investigation in Vinh Trinh commune, Vinh Thanh district, Can Tho)" by HVCH Le Thi Hue, major in Sociology.1. Full name of student: Le Thi Hue 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: August 2, 1986 4. Place of birth: Quang Duc - Quang Xuong - Thanh Hoa 5. Decision to recognize student No. 1355/2008/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH dated October 24, 2008 by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 6. Changes in the training process: None 7. Thesis topic: "The need to use agricultural and rural information of farmers" (Through investigation in Vinh Trinh commune, Vinh Thanh district, Can Tho) 8. Major: Sociology; Code: 603130 9. Scientific supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Ha - Deputy Head of the Department of Sociology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi 10. Summary of the results of the thesis: The thesis has pointed out the following issues: The current situation of farmers' access to information on rural agriculture (AR): Regarding the type of information, while information serving agricultural production and agricultural product market information attracts the attention of many farmers, policy information seems to be quite "strange" to this group of people. Regarding information channels, information channels that are not highly appreciated by farmers are television, radio, associations, organizations, word-of-mouth channels such as friends, neighbors, traders, etc. Farmers' access to agricultural and rural information is mainly during off-hours in the morning, noon, or early evening, near the broadcast time of news programs on VTV1 (in the time frame from 5:01 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.). Evaluation of the effectiveness of information channels and types of information: Regarding the effectiveness of agricultural and rural information: farmers highly appreciate the role of agricultural market information and information serving agricultural production (epidemics, weather, new technical methods). Information on agricultural policies has not been highly appreciated by farmers. Regarding the effectiveness of agricultural and rural information channels: Television is still the channel that this group of people considers to be most effective. Other types of information channels such as radio and associations are also highly appreciated by many people. Printed newspapers and online newspapers have not been effective for rural people. Farmers' needs for agricultural information and agricultural information channels: Agricultural market information and agricultural production information are the types of information that most farmers want to access. Meanwhile, agricultural policy information is not really "interesting" to farmers. Regarding farmers' needs for agricultural information channels, most respondents said they "really want" to access agricultural and rural information through television. The number of people who want to access agricultural information through agricultural and fishery extension centers and through associations and organizations is at the same level. In addition, when studying the time to access agricultural information, most farmers said that the most suitable time is during the evening break, ranging from 17:01 to 20:00. From these issues, the thesis has made a number of recommendations to contribute to improving the effectiveness of agricultural and rural information for farmers. 11. Practical applicability: The thesis can be used as a reference for media agencies, local and central information centers to assess farmers' information needs, thereby having appropriate development directions, meeting the practical needs of farmers. 12. Further research directions: The topic can be further researched in the following directions: Research to expand the scope in many rural areas of the country. - Specialized research on a type of information channel (current status of access, role, needs) ...
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1. Full name : Le Thi Hue 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: August 2, 1986 4. Place of birth: Quang Duc – Quang Xuong – Thanh Hoa 5. Admission decision number: 1355/2008/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH on Oct 24th, 2008 6. Changes in academic process: None 7. Official thesis title: Needs of agricultural information of the farmers (Through the survey in Vinh Trinh, Vinh Thanh district, Can Tho province) 8. Major: Sociology Code: 9. Supervisors: Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Ha - Vice Dean of Sociology - University of Social Sciences & Humanities - Hanoi National University 10. Summary of the findings of the thesis: Thesis has shown the following issues: * Status of access to agricultural information in rural areas (Agriculture and Rural) of farmers: Regarding the type of information, while the information service of agricultural production and agricultural market information to attract the attention of many farmers, the policy information seems quite "familiar" with the group this object. Regarding the media, the media are not farmers is highly effective TV, radio, associations, unions, the channel mouth as friends, neighbors, traders ... Time access to agricultural information, rural farmers mainly in the hours outside the hours of labor producing the morning, afternoon, or early evening, nearly time current affairs program broadcast on VTV1 (in time slot from 17:01 - 20:00). * Evaluate the effectiveness of communication channels, the types of information: Regarding the effect of the type of agricultural information, rural farmers appreciate the role of the type of agricultural market information and information for agricultural production (disease, weather, methods new technology). The type of information on agricultural policies has not been evaluated farmers with high efficiency. Regarding the effect of the Agriculture and Rural media: TV channels are still the subjects of this group rated the most effective. The types of media such as radio, unions and associations are many people appreciate. Types of printed press, not to promote network efficiency with rural people. * The needs of peasant farmers for the types of information and communication channels for Agriculture and Rural Demand for Agriculture and Rural types of information: Information and agricultural market information service of agricultural production is the kind of information that most farmers are keen to get access to. Meanwhile, agricultural policy information is not really "salty" for farmers. On the demand of farmers for agricultural information channels, farmers, the majority of respondents said they were "very desirable" to have access to the agricultural and rural through television. People want access to agriculture through the heart of agriculture, fisheries and through associations, unions at similar levels. Besides, the time to learn about access to agricultural information, most farmers said that the most appropriate time to rest at night, ranging from 17:01-20:00. * Of those issues, the thesis has put forward some recommendations contributing to improving the efficiency of agricultural information and rural areas for farmers. 12. Practical applicability, if any: Thesis can be used as a reference for the media, the information center of local and national authorities to assess the information needs of farmers, from which appropriate development meets the real needs of farmers. 13. Further research directions, if any: Thesis can be deployed for further research directions such as: - Expand the scope of research in many rural areas of the country. - Research on a specific channel information (access status, roles, needs )...
