Konig, Bettina (author), Kuntosch, Anett (author), Bokelmann, Wolfgang (author), Doernberg, Alexandra (author), Schwerdtner, Wim (author), Busse, Maria (author), Siebert, Rosemarie (author), Koschatzky, Knut (author), and Stahlbecker, Thomas (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2012-09
Published:
Germany
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 187 Document Number: D01144
Notes:
Paper presented at the 131st EAAE Seminar, "Innovation for agricultural competitiveness and sustainability of rural areas," Prague, Czech Republic, September 18-19, 2012. 17 pages.
Adolwa, Ivan S. (author), Okoth, Peter F. (author), Mulwa, Richard M. (author), Esilaba, Anthony O. (author), Mairura, Franklin S. (author), and Nambiro, Elizabeth (author)
Format:
Journal article abstract
Publication Date:
2012
Published:
Kenya
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05669
Bates, Ronald O. (author), Ferry, Elizabeth (author), Guthrie, Thomas (author), May, Gerald (author), Rozeboom, Dale (author), and Siegford, Janice (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2012-06
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D06114
Hall, Clare (author), Toma, Luiza (author), Costa Madureira, Livia Maria (author), Barnes, Andrew (author), and Renwick, Alan (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2012-09-18
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00922
Notes:
Paper presented at the 131st EAAE (European Association of Agricultural Economists) seminar, "Innovation for agricultural competitiveness and sustainability of rural areas," Prague, Czech Republic, September 18-19, 2012. 17 pages.
13 pages., via online joural., Due to inadequate personnel, information communication technologies (ICTs) have become an attractive option for delivery of extension information. This study examined awareness and use of ICTs by farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. A total of 192 farmers were interviewed. Results indicate that most farmers had no formal education and small farm holdings. Awareness of older ICTs like radio and television was more prevalent among farmers as compared with newer ICTs such as Internet and cable television. However, use of modern ICTs like mobile phones and cable television was greater than that for older technologies such as fax machines. Farmers were constrained in ICT use by prohibitive cost and service failure. The Nigerian government should encourage a liberal policy for affordable prices for modern ICT products, especially mobile telephones.
