Sampong, D.D. (author), Egyir, I.S. (author), and Yaw, Osei-Asare (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
Ghana
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10923
Notes:
Paper presented at the African Association of Agricultural Economists second international conference, Accra, Guana, August 20-22, 2007. 4 pages., The traditional way of information dissemination has been through people; the modern way is through the electronic media – improved information and communication technologies (ICTs). For effectiveness, modern ICTs should help women to improve on their income generating capacity. Issues of level of resource capacity of women, information needed, and current sources of such information become important. This study sought to investigate the issues above with respect to rural women food producers in the Mfantsiman District of Ghana. Simple descriptive statistics and econometric models were employed in the data analysis of 91 randomly selected respondents. The results of the study showed that: In general, the women food producers were aged, subsistence food crop farmers. They depended on the natural rainfall cycle and had inadequate funds, so they use traditional inputs for production and sell surpluses in the community. The most important agricultural information needed was on inputs, specifically, low cost in-kind or cash credit. Currently, the major information sources are relatives and other farmers in the locality, agricultural extension agents, the radio and television. This suggests that the women food producers have low resource capacity and this could limit the adoption of modern ICTs as a source of and media for information dissemination. Yet, the regression results show that the few (6) mobile phone users have a higher income generating capacity. In order to improve on capacity to use modern ICTs for increased access to other resources, women farmers’ should organize themselves into formidable groups so local institutions can assist easily.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26650
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Presented at the Conference on communication and empowerment: uses of media and information technologiesw in developing countries, Los Angeles, California, April 11-13, 1996. 17 pages.
Grunfeld, Helena (author), Hak, Sokleap (author), Pin, Tara (author), and Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2009-11-04
Published:
Cambodia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35687
Notes:
Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference 2009, Prato, Italy, November 4-6, 2009. 19 pages.
Toland, Janet (author) and Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Australia.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2009-09-03
Published:
New Zealand
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 177 Document Number: C30556
Notes:
Presented at the Prato CIRN Community Informatics Conference, Prato, Italy, November 4-6, 2009. 11 pages., Analyzes the development of soft networks and hard network created by information and communication technologies.
Razak, N.A. (author), Aziz, J. (author), Hashim, F. (author), Amir, Z. (author), and Zulkifli, S.H. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2010-10-04
Published:
Malaysia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 180 Document Number: C36226
Notes:
Retrieved 03/21/2011, Pages 278-283 in H. Fujita and J. Sasaki (eds.), Selected topics in education and educational technology, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS) international conference on education and educational technology, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan, October 4-8, 2010.
