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    2. A study on impact of ICT enabled web portal (Krishinet) on farmers

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Singh, Vinod (author) and Kameswari, V.L.V. (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-06
    Published:
    India: New Delhi Publishers
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 99 Document Number: D10868
    Journal Title:
    International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology
    Journal Title Details:
    12(2): 163-174
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    12 pages., via online journal., In recent years, there has been extensive investment in e-governance throughout the developing world. Still, little is known about the impact of those investments, partly due to a lack of assessment guidance. In this study modified sustainable livelihood framework approach was used for studying impact of the project on farmers. Before and after data was collected from the registered farmers using recall method to assess the impact of the project on all five types of capital (Natural capital, financial capital, human capital, physical capital and social capital). It was found that after implementation of the project, in the category of natural capital, average production and average sold quantity of rice, wheat, pigeon pea, mustard, and green gram has been significantly increased and in the category of financial capital, respondents’ average family income, earning from agriculture and allied sector and benefit from government schemes has been significantly increased and in the category of human capital, average number of training received by respondents and average number of extension contacts made by respondents has been significantly increased and in the category of physical capital, average storage facility has been increased by respondents and in the category of social capital, average number of meetings attended by respondents in Krishi Gyan Kendra has been significantly increased.

    3. An appraisal of farmers internet use for sourcing agricultural information in north-western Nigeria

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Haruna, Abdul-Aziz (author) and Baba, D. (author)
    Format:
    Article
    Publication Date:
    2017-02-02
    Published:
    Nigeria
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08582
    Journal Title:
    SHS Web Conferences
    Journal Title Details:
    33
    Notes:
    7 pages.

    5. Bust to boom: reinventing the agricultural marketing model

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Motter, John (author)
    Format:
    Opinion
    Publication Date:
    2019-08
    Published:
    United States: AgWeb
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 82 Document Number: D10831
    Notes:
    10 pages., via website AgWeb's Farm Journal, In their story, “Plowed Under, The Next American Farm Bust Is Upon Us,” (paywall) the Wall Street Journal reported on the tough times we’re facing in agriculture. They are tough. And, as a corn and soybean farmer, it’s painful to see. But farmers are nothing if not resilient. And we’ll survive this one too.

    7. Costs and benefits for food production in contrasting agro-ecological production systems

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Robertson, Michael J. (author), Preston, Nigel P. (author), and Bonnett, Graham D. (author)
    Format:
    Book chapter
    Publication Date:
    2017
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08788
    Notes:
    Pages 155-172 in Gordon, Iain J. Prins, Herbert H.T. Squire, Geoff R. (eds.), Food production and nature conservation: conflicts and solutions. United Kingdom: Routledge, London. 348 pages.

    8. Effectiveness of mKRISHI® personalised advisory on water and soil (PAWS) in dissemination of agricultural information in north-western Himalayan region

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Singh, Lakhan (author), Bishnoi, Rajesh (author), Bihari, Bankey (author), Madan, S. (author), Malik, Anil Kumar (author), Shrimali, S. S . (author), Kadam, M. D. (author), and Singh, Raman Jeet (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-02
    Published:
    India
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10368
    Journal Title:
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Science
    Journal Title Details:
    89 (2) : 246–52
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    7 pages., Via online journal., The effectiveness of an extension system referred to its ability to meet the fanner needs in providing the new technology which suits to their conditions and results in better production. Recently the demand for information on agricultural practices and technology among the farmers is increasing day by day but fulfilment of these demands exclusively by public agricultural extension system is limited. To address this challenge, information communication technology (ICT) has the immense role in supplementing the extension system. Among the ICT tools, mobile phone, because of its affordability, accessibility, minimum skill requirement, widespread network etc., has emerged as important tool for information and knowledge dissemination to the smallholder and marginal farmers. But it is necessary to study how effective they are in achieving the respective objectives.The present investigation was conducted to study the effectiveness of mKRISHI (R) PAWS (Personalised Advisory on Water and Soil) in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand state. An ex-post facto research design was used for this study. Total 136 messages were sent to the respondents. The data was collected from 240 beneficiary farmers of the north-western Himalayan region. The effectiveness of the mKRISHI (R) PAWS in technology advisory and delivery services were measured by developing an effectiveness index for the purpose. Results showed that 93.8% of farmers perceive that quality of information regarding the latest NRM technologies in soil and water conservation was excellent and 83.75% of the farmers felt that the information regarding the latest NRM technologies in soil and water conservation was appropriate to their condition. The study revealed that the extension services delivered by mKRISHI (R) PAWS were found to be highly effective by majority of the farmers. 34.58% fanners perceived that the mKRISHI (R) PAWS was very highly effective as a mean of getting their information needs.

    9. Evolution of Internet of Things (IoT) and its significant impact in the field of precision agriculture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Khanna, Abhishek (author) and Kaur, Sanmeet (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-02
    Published:
    India: Elsevier
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10290
    Journal Title:
    Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
    Journal Title Details:
    157 : 218-231
    Notes:
    14 pages., Via online journal., During recent years, one of the most familiar name scaling new heights and creating a benchmark is Internet of Things (IoT). It is indeed the future of communication that has transformed Things (Objects) of the real world into smarter devices. The functional aspect of IoT is to unite every object of the world in such a manner that humans have the ability to control them via Internet. Furthermore, these objects also provide regular as well as timely updates on their current status to its end user. Although IoT concepts were proposed a couple of years ago, it may not be incorrect to quote that this term has become a benchmark for establishing communication among objects. In context to the present standings of IoT, identification of the most prominent applications in the field of IoT have been highlighted and a comprehensive review has been done specifically in the field of Precision Agriculture. This article evaluates contributions made by various researchers and academicians over the past few years. Furthermore, existing challenges faced while performing agricultural activities have been highlighted along with future research directions to equip novel researchers of this domain to assess the current standings of IoT and to further improve upon them with more inspiring and innovative ideas.

    10. Exploring farmers' information seeking behavior from the perspective of information channels

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Chang, Yu-Wei (author) and Shao, Jhih-Ling (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Language:
    English / Chinese
    Publication Date:
    2017-12
    Published:
    USA: Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13060
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Library and Information Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    V.15, N.2
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    33 pages, This study used an in-depth interview and information horizon maps to investigate information seeking behavior of 15 farmers in Central Taiwan. The results show that increased work roles led to more categories of information needed by farmers. Six types of information sources were used by farmers to obtain agricultural information. Interpersonal network was the most preferred information source by farmers. Especially, most farmers contacted other farmers first. Requesting agricultural organizations and farmer groups was the second preferred information source, followed by searching the Internet. Few farmers obtained information from libraries. Several factors affected farmers to select information sources. In addition, barriers to seeking agricultural information faced by farmers were identified. To strengthen the effect of agricultural information dissemination, some suggestions were made. Government agencies related to agriculture should focus the greatest influence of interpersonal network on disseminating agriculture information and improve the communication between agricultural extension agents and farmers. The content and time of agricultural courses were set based on farmers' needs. Improving farmers' information literacy is an essential issue as well.