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    1. Africa's Missed Agricultural Revolution: A Quantitative Study of Technology Adoption in Agriculture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    O'Gorman, Melanie (author / University of Toronto) and Centre for the Study of African Economics, Oxford, UK
    Format:
    Conference paper
    Publication Date:
    2006-07-20
    Published:
    United Kingdom
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28215
    Notes:
    Posted online at http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/conferences/2007-EDiA-LaWBiDC/papers/295-OGorman.pdf, Presented at the "Economic development in Africa" conference from March 18-20, 2007 at Oxford University.

    2. Development of a knowledge management system integrated with local communication channels and knowledge management initiatives for Kenyan rural farming communities

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Wirastuti, Dewi (author), Luckin, Rose (author), Sheriff, Ray E. (author), Walker, Kevin (author), Underwood, Josh (author), and Dunckley, Lynne (author)
    Format:
    Conference paper
    Publication Date:
    2008-01-01
    Published:
    IEEE
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: D10883
    Notes:
    8 pages., Fifth IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile, and Ubiquitous Technology in Education., via online journal., This paper presents an innovative application of wireless, mobile and ubiquitous technologies to support informal and collaborative learning in Kenyan rural farming communities. Such an approach is achieved by the development of a knowledge management system (KMS) integrated with existing local community communication channels, together with experimental knowledge management (KM) initiatives employing the VeSeL (Village e-Science for Life) distributed resource kits (DRKs). The initiatives support illiterate and semi-literate farming community groups, in learning new agriculture practices, and also enable the use of advanced digital technology to improve their agricultural practices and literacy levels. Results of a recent field trip to Kenya are presented and an application sketch is developed. The process of applying wireless and Internet technologies for the education of local farming communities, using irrigation and water management as the application, concludes the paper.