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    1. Accessing, sharing and communicating agricultural information for development: emerging trends and issues

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ballantyne, Peter (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2009-11
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C35794
    Journal Title:
    Information Development
    Journal Title Details:
    25(4) : 260-271

    2. Adoption and intensity of use of mobile money among smallholder farmers in rural Ghana

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kofi Asravor, Richard (author), Boakye, Afia Nyarko (author), and Essuman, John (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2021-04-21
    Published:
    International: SAGE Journals
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12310
    Journal Title:
    Information Development
    Journal Title Details:
    Online First
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    10 pages., he impact of mobile money services in sub-Saharan Africa have been largely recognised. However, empirical studies are principally lacking on the factors influencing the decision to own a mobile phone (first hurdle), register with mobile money (second hurdle) and the intensity of use of mobile money services (third hurdle). This study examined the determinants of the mobile phone ownership, drivers of registration (participation) of mobile money services, and the intensity of use of mobile money services in rural Ghana by employing the triple hurdle approach. The first and second hurdle were analysed using the logit model while quasi-poisson regression was used to analyse the third hurdle. The analysis from the cross-sectional data showed that the decision to own a mobile phone was driven by household size, marital status, the farm size, access to electricity, income status and the type of occupation engaged, whereas the decision to register with mobile money was influenced by the age, educational status, marital status, household size, farm size and the type of occupation engaged in by the household head. The intensity of usage of mobile money services was influenced by the age of the household head, higher educational level, marital status of the household head, household and farm size as well as the distance of the household heads from the mobile money agent which directly influences the intensity of use of mobile money services by household heads. The study recommends that strategies that promote access to electricity and occupation in the formal sector or both farming and trading in the rural communities should be promoted. Furthermore, policy attention should focus on location, farmers and farm characteristics.

    3. Agricultural information sources used by farmers in Imo State, Nigeria

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Opara, Umunna Nnaemeka (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008
    Published:
    Nigeria
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05668
    Journal Title:
    Information Development
    Journal Title Details:
    24(4) : 289-295
    Notes:
    Findings emphasize the importance of interpersonal/expert sources (i.e. extension agents).

    4. Barriers to acceptance of information and communication technology in agricultural extension in Indonesia

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Purnomo, Sutrisno Hadi (author) and Kusnandar (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018-03-15
    Published:
    Indonesia: SAGE Journals
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12169
    Journal Title:
    Information Development
    Journal Title Details:
    vol: 35, issue 4, 2019
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    12 pages, The use of information and communication technology (ICT) has become progressively widespread in various sectors including agriculture. This study investigated the barriers to the diffusion of ICT in agricultural extension. Further, the study examined the effect of barriers toward ICT acceptance in agricultural extension. A paper and pencil survey by mail was conducted to collect data from 355 respondents in the Greater Surakarta Region, Indonesia. The study discovered that individual barriers, cultural barriers, government policy barriers, support and technological barriers significantly influenced the acceptance of ICT. In line with the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), these variables influenced perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and perceived intention to use of ICT. The findings suggested the methods that could be adopted by governments and non-government bodies to overcome the barriers in ICT implementation.

    5. Can community-based organisations deliver adequate agricultural information to farmers? Evidence from rural resources centers in Cameroon

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kenfack Essougong, Urcil Papito (author), Fongang Fouepe, Guillaume Hensel (author), and Degrande, Ann (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018-01-30
    Published:
    USA: SAGE Journals
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10229
    Journal Title:
    Information Development
    Notes:
    12 pages., Via online journal., Rural Resources Centers (RRCs) managed by community-based organisations, where farmers come together for training and demonstration, have been an innovative extension approach in Cameroon since 2006. This paper describes information flow in RRCs and farmers’ assessment of RRCs as information sources. All the RRCs in Cameroon were studied and 29 group interviews, involving 118 producers and 7 individual interviews with RRC managers, were performed. RRCs share information with several stakeholders including farmers, research institutions, and educational and religious institutions; and interpersonal channels are commonly used. Farmers and agricultural extension workers are the most important sources of information for RRCs. Farmers rank RRCs as their second best sources of information after fellow farmers. On average, each year, RRCs organise at least 40 training sessions for about 1777 participants. The themes are mainly agroforestry (29%), marketing (20%), group dynamics (20%) and post-harvest techniques (11%). The issue of funding the activities of the RRCs needs to be addressed, they need to be better structured, and their human resources increased and strengthened.

    8. Farmers’ perception of the quality of mobile-based extension services in Egypt: a comparison between public and private provision

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kassem, Hazem S. (author), Shabana, Rasha M. (author), Alotaibi, Bader M. (author), and Ghoneim, Yomna A. (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-04
    Published:
    SAGE Journals
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10523
    Journal Title:
    Information Development
    Notes:
    20 pages., via online journal., During the last 10 years, different initiatives have been implemented to provide mobile-based extension services for the agricultural sector in Egypt. The current study compared the quality of agricultural extension messages between public and private providers. A simple random sample of 120 farmers was selected representing 7% of the total farmers registered in the databases of Ministry of Agriculture (public services) and Shoura company (private services). Farmers assessed a sample of 10 messages delivered by both providers in terms of six indicators namely (1) access, (2) utilization, (3) timeliness, (4) trust, (5) satisfaction, and (6) sharing information with other farmers. The findings revealed the lack of access to messages by the farmers in the two services. However, more than 50% had utilized the majority of messages (in case of access). The study also showed significant differences between perception of farmers to quality attributes in public and private services (Access 6.77, 0.01; Utilization 8.44, 0.004; Timeliness 8.55, 0.002; Satisfaction 8.88, 0.001; information sharing 7.62, 0.009) except for trust (1.11, 0.4). Findings provide practical implications to support mobile-based extension services to enable sharing information and link farmers with other actors in the agricultural value chain.

    9. Farmers’ use of mobile phone-based farm advisory services in Punjab, Pakistan

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Khan, Nasir Abbas (author), Qijie, Gao (author), Sertse, Selamawit Fantahun (author), Nabi, Nur Md (author), and Khan, Palwasha (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-08
    Published:
    SAGE Journals
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11010
    Journal Title:
    Information Development
    Notes:
    13 pages., via online journal., The agriculture sector in Pakistan faces enormous challenges of lack of farm knowledge adoption due to the farmers’ lack of access to the latest information. Recently various mobile phone-based farm advisory services (FAS) have been introduced as an alternative to the conventional extension methods. Despite many ICT initiatives, the performance of these projects remains unsatisfactory. The current study was designed to identify these FAS, farmers’ extent of use, and factors associated with their adoption. Two hundred and forty farmers were surveyed in the rural areas of district Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and analysed with SPSS software. Findings revealed that 77.08% of the sampled farmers were using mobile-based FAS. Telecom and private sector FAS were reported to have the highest share of users (37.08% and 25.83% respectively). Results of the logistic regression showed that farmers’ educational level, mobile use skills, mobile possession duration and the number of mobile phones in a family were found positively significant, while farmers’ age and contact with extension agents were negatively significant. The findings conclude that education and digital literacy are essential for the use of mobile-based alternatives and emphasize the need for training and educating the farmers.