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2. An Attempt towards structuring agricultural information using WhatsApp as query redressal social media platform
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- S., Mohan Kumar (author), Suman, Saurabh (author), Kulkarni, Umakanth P. (author), and N.H., Siddalingaswamy (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-06
- Published:
- Verizona Publisher
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11161
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Robotics and Mechanical Engineering Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 3(1)
- Notes:
- 6 pages., via online journal., ICT has been initiated and implemented effectively by the public private partnership, government, researchers and various Institutions. Availability of wireless service, Internet and mobile communication have forced ICT to find foothold in daily routine of the Indian farmers. ICT has huge impact in agricultural development but still in natal stage. Many farmers are not availing the actual potential of ICT due to poverty, social constraint, illiteracy, language barriers and unwillingness to adopt new technology. Many Indian farmers have reported positive change in income, quality of produce and timely access to the market information by using latest mobile application. WhatsApp is the most popular and easy to use Mobile Instant Messaging service amongst the Indian farmer. It supports sharing of localized information and utilizing these services as query redressal public platform. This paper is an attempt to gather meaningful agricultural data for analysis and filtering of relevant need based information assessment. The main focus of the present work is to develop an automatic information handling and redressal of the need based agricultural information system using WhatsApp as social media platform.
3. Analysis of Village Extension Agents' Access and Use of Information and Communication Technology in Delivery of Extension Services in the Central Agricultural Zone of Plateau State, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vihi, S.K. (author), Tor, L.G. (author), Jesse, B. (author), Dalla, AA.. (author), Onuwa, G.C. (author), and Haroun, M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-10-21
- Published:
- Russia: iVolga Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12427
- Journal Title:
- Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol.118(10
- Notes:
- 11 pages, This study examined village extension agent’s access and use of information and communication technology in extension services delivery to farmers in Plateau State, Nigeria. The population for the study consisted of all the village extension agents (VEAs) of the Plateau Agricultural Development Program (PADP) in the central agricultural zone of the state. Multistage sampling technique was employed in selecting the respondents for the study. Primary data were collected through the administration of questionnaires and interview techniques and were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings from the study shows that majority (77%) of the sampled village extension agents (VEAs) were males with a mean age of 43 years, Majority (87%) of the respondents were married with a mean household size of 4 persons. The study also showed that majority (80%) of the VEAs had tertiary education with a mean working experience of 13 years and average monthly income of ₦64875. The result also shows that four (4) out of the seven (7) listed ICT facilities were adjudged the ICT facilities accessible to VEAs in the study area having had mean values above the discriminating index (x̅ =2.50). They included; GSM (phone) (x̅ =3.94), radio (x̅ = 2.83), television (x̅ = 2.73) and computer (x̅ = 2.68). Based on 2.50 discriminating index, only two out of seven listed conventional ICT facilities had mean values above the discriminating index (x̅ 2.50) and thus were adjudged the ICT facilities used by VEAs. The GSM (phone) had the highest mean value of 3.62 followed by radio with mean value of 2.54. The logit regression result shows that coefficients of years of working experience and monthly income were significant and positively related to ICT use, while age and complexity in use of ICT were significant and negatively related to ICT use. Major constraints to use of ICT by VEAs includes; lack of administrative support in provision of ICT (87%), lack of in-service training on ICT use (66%), Poor salary/remuneration (64%), lack of awareness of ICT importance in extension (56%) among others. The study recommends intervention, serious synergy, and proactive response on the part of the government, non-governmental organization,s and extension organizations in ICT provision and training of VEAs on ICT use as well as stepping up campaigns on the importance of ICT use in agricultural extension delivery.
4. Breaking the walls of social exclusion of women rural by means of ICTs: The case of 'digital divides' in Galician
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Novo-Corti, Isabel (author), Varela-Candamio, Laura (author), and García-Álvarez, María Teresa (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-01
- Published:
- Spain
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07399
- Journal Title:
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Journal Title Details:
- 30 : 497-507
5. Communication and capacity building to advance adaptation strategies in agriculture in the context of climate change in India
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Balaji, Venkataraman (author), Ganapuram, Sreedhar (author), and Devakumar, C. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-07
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: D07527
- Journal Title:
- Decision
- Journal Title Details:
- 42 (2): 147-158
6. Documenting agriculture in two dimensions: background research
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Reid, Debra A. (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08804
- Notes:
- Pages 61-83 in Debra A. Reid, Interpreting agriculture at museums and historic sites. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, Maryland. 265 pages.
7. Farmers’ Readiness to Adopt Social Media as Agro-Information Reception Tool During Covid-19 Pandemic in Ondo State, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fasina, O. O. (author), Tehinloju, O.A. (author), and Ikuerowo, J.O. (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2022-02-24
- Published:
- Nigeria: AJOL
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12444
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 26 No. 1 (2021)
- Notes:
- Conference paper / Journal article, This study examined farmers’ readiness to assess social media as agro-information reception tool in the study area. An interview guide was used in collecting data from 120 farmers who were randomly selected. Data collected were analysed with the aid frequency counts percentages and logit regression. The results showed that half of the respondents (50%) had primary education. About 90% were aware of whatsapp and 12.6% were aware of blogs, respectively. Education, farming experience, membership of farmers’ group and extension access were the variables that positively influence farmers’ readiness to assesssocial media as agro-information reception tool while respondents’ age negatively influence readiness to assess social media. Enlightenment programmes for farmers on the use of social media and an improved extension services to keep the farmers acquainted with the benefits of social media.
8. ICTs adoption for accessing agricultural information: evidence from Indian agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Das, Bibhunandini (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: D07529
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Economics Research Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 27 (2): 199-208
9. Information Communication Technologies (Icts) Employed By Young Farmers in Access and Use of Dairy Agricultural Information in Murang’a County, Kenya
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Thuo, Marth (author), Njoroge, Rose W (author), and Wamalwa, Lucas W. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-06-28
- Published:
- India: Publishing India Group
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12417
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Knowledge Management and Practices
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 7 Issue (1)
- Notes:
- 6 pages., young farmers, Kenya (Africa, Eastern), mobile communication systems, communication networks, technology, dairy, access, Information Communication Technology (ICT) has changed the way information is created, stored, accessed and disseminated. It has the potential to enhance access and use of agricultural information by farmers in rural areas thereby improving their farming practices. The study was undertaken to assess how young farmers use ICT technologies in accessing and using dairy agricultural information in Murang’a County, Kenya. The study aimed at assessing the awareness by farmers on technologies available for use in accessing agricultural information and strategies used by farmers in accessing and using dairy agricultural information as a way of promoting dairy farming production. The results of the study revealed that 88% of the farmers agreed that they were aware of the use of technology in accessing agricultural information. 75% of the respondents used radio where television was rated second while mobile phones were rarely used. Majority at (80%) never used technologies such as computers, CD/DVD and social media to access and use dairy agricultural information. Three quarters (75%) preferred using other sources such as extension workers, friends, and relatives over technology. All the extension officers interviewed used technology to acquire and disseminate information. Radio was highly used, followed by internet/web services and social media. The study concluded that dairy farmers have limited access to modern technologies such as mobile phones in access and use of agricultural information. The Kenya National Library Services in collaboration with the Department of Livestock Production should set up exhibitions and information literacy programs for dairy farmers. Infrastructure should be improved in the rural areas of Murang’a County by setting up Cyber cafes within the subcounties and educate dairy farmers on the use of ICT technologies to access and use agricultural information.
10. Information needs of rural women: a study of three villages of Bangladesh
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hossain, Arman (author) and Islam, Shariful (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- Bangladesh
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07347
- Journal Title:
- Library Philosophy and Practice
- Journal Title Details:
- Special section : 1-15