Encouraging Kanpur’s Rural Women Farmers: The Role of e-Mobile Technology in Bridging the Digital Divide

This study looks at how well e-mobile technology empowers rural women, specifically focusing on women farmers in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, who work to advance agriculture. It further highlights how e-Mobile Technology becomes an asset for rural women farmers in self-sustaining farms, how they participate in the market, socializes, and finally how the rural life of the women improves economically. In addition, it looks at the aspect of sustainability and how these technologies help in practicing sustainable agriculture. The research also explains the demographic composition and its variables in terms of e-Mobile Technology by the Kanpur's rural women farmers. Information was gathered from a sample of 160 rural women farmers in Kanpur using semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. Multiple statistical analyses, such as paired chi-square tests, t-tests and the Garratt ranking method, were employed to assess the impact of mobile technology applications on rural women's lives because this study examined several factors. The evidence indicates that e-Mobile Technology contributed positively to the enhancement of agricultural information access, enabling women farmers to participate more actively in markets and networking, which collectively leads to their empowerment. Nonetheless, the research noted remaining issues such as a huge digital divide and paramount issues of mobile technology and infrastructure in the periphery. Noto standing these constraints, the findings indicate the promise of mobile technology for closing the information wedge, increasing the participation of females in agriculture and the resultant fair agricultural growth. This research highlights the importance of implementing specific measures aimed at enhancement of digital skills and facilities to help the rural women embrace the e-mobile in agricultural practices.