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    1. Farmers' use of mobile phone for accessing agricultural information in Pakistan: a case of Punjab province

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Khan, Nasir Abbas (author), Qijie, Gao (author), Ali, Shoukat (author), Shahbaz, Babar (author), and Shah, Ashfaq Ahmad (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018
    Published:
    Pakistan
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11378
    Journal Title:
    Ciencia Rural
    Journal Title Details:
    49 : 10, e20181016,
    Notes:
    12 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). 12 pages., Authors focused on use of mobile phones in accessing agricultural information by farmers in the Punjab province. Major uses involved market information, plus other kinds of agricultural information. Major constraints involved farmers' limited aptitude for use of mobile phones and lack of awareness of information sources.

    2. Information needs and barriers of rural smallholder farmers in developing countries: A case study of rural smallholder farmers in Malawi

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Phiri, Austine (author), Chipeta, George T. (author), and Chawinga, Winner D. (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    SAGE Journals
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11003
    Journal Title:
    Information Development
    Journal Title Details:
    35(3): 421–434
    Notes:
    14 pages., via online journal., The purpose of the study was to investigate the information needs and barriers of rural smallholder farmers in Mzimba North in Malawi. A mixed methods approach was adopted for the study and the Wilson’s Model of Information Behaviour (1996) guided the study. A questionnaire and focus group discussion guide were used to collect data from 202 rural smallholder farmers. The study found that the major information need of rural smallholder farmers was crop husbandry as revealed by the majority of rural smallholder farmers 149 (77.6). The study found that majority of rural smallholder farmers 180 (94.8%) were aware of information sources. The study also found that the predominant information sources consulted by rural smallholder farmers were personal experiences as indicated by the majority of rural smallholder farmers 185 (96%). The major challenge faced by rural smallholder farmers was lack of mobility as revealed by the majority of rural smallholder farmers 147 (76.6). The study recommends that the Department of Agriculture Extension Services (DAES) should empower the social structures such as families in rural settings with agricultural information.