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    1. Blending digital and physical tools to deliver CSA information

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ndirangu, Stella (author)
    Format:
    Opinion
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11614
    Notes:
    3 pages., Online from publisher., Author addresses "large gap between African extension services ... and the number of farmers being reached." ... "Africa's existing mobile network (currently the second biggest mobile market in the world) could be better utilised to bridge this gap and provide mobile-based agricultural information, advice and support to smallholder farmers."

    2. GeoFarmer: a monitoring and feedback system for agricultural development projects

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Eitzinger, Anton (author), Cock, James (author), Atzmanstorfer, Karl (author), Binder, Claudia R. (author), Läderach, Peter (author), Bonilla-Findji, Osana (author), Bartlin, Mona (author), Mwongera, Caroline (author), Zurita, Leo (author), and Jarvis, Andy (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-03
    Published:
    Germany: Elsevier
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10292
    Journal Title:
    Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
    Journal Title Details:
    158 : 109-121
    Notes:
    13 pages., Via online journal., Farmers can manage their crops and farms better if they can communicate their experiences, both positive and negative, with each other and with experts. Digital agriculture using internet communication technology (ICT) may facilitate the sharing of experiences between farmers themselves and with experts and others interested in agriculture. ICT approaches in agriculture are, however, still out of the reach of many farmers. The reasons are lack of connectivity, missing capacity building and poor usability of ICT applications. We decided to tackle this problem through cost-effective, easy to use ICT approaches, based on infrastructure and services currently available to small-scale producers in developing areas. Working through a participatory design approach, we developed and tested a novel technology. GeoFarmer provides near real-time, two-way data flows that support processes of co-innovation in agricultural development projects. It can be used as a cost-effective ICT-based platform to monitor agricultural production systems with interactive feedback between the users, within pre-defined geographical domains. We tested GeoFarmer in four geographic domains associated with ongoing agricultural development projects in East and West Africa and Latin America. We demonstrate that GeoFarmer is a cost-effective means of providing and sharing opportune indicators of on-farm performance. It is a potentially useful tool that farmers and agricultural practitioners can use to manage their crops and farms better, reduce risk, increase productivity and improve their livelihoods.

    3. Nasir Yammama: A technological approach to enhancing the impact of agricultural extension

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Oluwagbemi, Inioluwa (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    Nigeria: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11610
    Journal Title:
    Spore
    Journal Title Details:
    194 : 23
    Notes:
    1 page., September-November issue via online., Digitalisation is improving the agricultural extension system by providing services at the right time, and facilitating adoption of new agronomic practices, resulting in yield improvements and higher incomes for farming households.