Cordova, Violeta (author), David, Cristina C. (author), Otsuka, Keijiro (author), and Tokyo Metropolitan University; International Rice Research Institute
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992-07
Published:
Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06937
11 pages., This paper was initiated in order to find the usage and relevance of theInformation and Communication Technologies(ICT) by the smallholder farmers of the Umzimvubu Local Municipality of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. A survey questionnaire was then developed to collect the relevant data from randomly selected six villages of Umzimvubu Local Municipality targeting 138 respondents. The questionnaires structure employed both closed and open-ended questions that were administered using a face to face interview, conducted on the sample population in each village. There seems to be a correlation between ICT usage and the economies of scale in agricultural development, where smallholder farmers tend to use less of highly modernized ICT, while commercial large scale farmers use more of the modernized ICT. This disparity amongst farmers is exacerbated in many areas by the differing support systems employed by the public extension services.
Annual listing of the largest communications agencies whose clients sell products and services within the agricultural industry and/or the rural lifestyle market.
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/88. Box No. 5. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center
