Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D03024
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Report No. 155, Ronald Anderson's Primary Industry Survey, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. 34 pages., Based on the author's visit to the U.S. to examine the application of computer technology in agriculture. Includes a variety of computer-based agricultural information services.
search through journal, The article discusses the convergence of two potentially positive trends that may help to reduce poverty and environmental deterioration in Central America - the creation of networks by grassroots and environmental organizations, and the spread of information and communications technology. The article is based on research in six highly endangered, protected areas in Central America. it discusses emerging trends in "connectedness" at local, national, regional, and international levels. Looking to the future, it concludes that "informational empowerment" can be a practical strategy for reducing poverty and environmental degradation.
search through journal, Governments' agencies are the dominant information technology (IT) users in Africa. As in the developed countries, the returns of the use of IT are mixed. Analysis of 76 World Bank projects in Africa shows that government and aid agencies alike need to make more intensive efforts in the design of projects with IT components, taking into account clients' limited absorptive capacity. Specific examples of IT use show the core constraining factors to lie in limited human and organizational capabilities (original)
Beck, Donald M. (author), Dillman, Don A. (author), and Washington State University, Department of Sociology and Rural Sociology; Washington State University, Department of Sociology and Rural Sociology
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 69 Document Number: C02864
James F. Evans Collection; Based on the paper presented at the first National Conference on States' Rural Economic Development; 1987 October 5-7; Lexington, KY
