16 pages., via online journal., The study assessed the use of ICTs among public and private extension officers in Lesotho. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 86 public and 19 private extension officers. Data collected were analysed, using percentages, mean, and standard deviation, multiple regressions and t-test. Extension officers use ICT tools to obtain information on new technology (79.1%), preservation of farm produce (79.1%); time of planting crops (75.6%), call attention of extension officers (75.6%) and cultural practices (75.6%). Serious constraints to the use of ICTs, as perceived by extension officers were: high cost of ICT (83.7%); poor basic infrastructure (79.1%); non-availability of technical personnel (72.1%), failure of service (73.7%) and non-availability of genuine parts. There is a strong relationship between access to information, residing within place of work, constraints, age awareness, type of extension and use of ICTs. There is also a significance differences in the use of ICTs between public and private extension officers. Policy makers should improve national e-readiness and make more ICT tools available and accessible to extension officers. Constraints of high cost, lack of ICT infrastructure and training of technical personnel should be dealt with.
Reports three experiences in which Georgia State College of Agriculture contracted with commercial firms to provide information for paid advertisements and accompanying news releases to newspapers.
Ngai, Nguyen Ba (author), Paul, Bardolf (author), and Thuan, Dinh Duc (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
Vietnam
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19810
Notes:
Pages 105-111 in W.M. Rivera and W. Zijp (eds.), Contracting for agricultural extension: international case studies and emerging practices. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom. 188 pages
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29275
Notes:
Via Nieman Watchdog. 5 pages., The Congressional stimulus packages "could mark a new, promising beginning - or they could be a new boondoggle for AT&T, Verizon and rural phone companies."
Van Wart, Montgomery (author), Rahm, Dianne (author), and Sanders, Scott (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29070
Notes:
Pages 61-79 in Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple and Eric A. Abbott (eds.), Having all the right connections: telecommunications and rural viability. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 348 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: C20827
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, from "Integrating multiple landuse for a sustainable future" 15th European Seminar on Extension and Education, Wageningen International Conference Centre, The Netherlands, August 27-31, 2001
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19683
Notes:
Pages 291-311 in Steven Wolf and David Zilberman (eds.), Knowledge generation and technical change: institutional innovation in agriculture. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts. 371 pages.
