18 pages, Based on panel data from the Rural Fixed Point Survey of the Ministry of
Agriculture over the period 2004-2016 and supplementary survey data on information
and communications technology (ICT) applications in the countryside, this paper employs
the difference in differences (DID) method to analyze the effects of ICT applications on
rural households’ agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) with mobile phone signal,
internet and 3G mobile network connections as indicators, and decomposes and evaluates
the constituent factors. Our findings reveal a positive effect of ICTs on rural households’
TFP, which primarily stemmed from rising agricultural technical efficiency. However, ICTs
exerted no significant effect on agricultural technical progress during this paper’s data
period due to limited rural human capital. These findings are consistent with robustness test
results based on counterfactual and matching methods.
Hagmann, Jurgen (author) and Ngwenya, Hlamalani (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
South Africa
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29791
Notes:
Pages 220-229 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D00854
Notes:
Via online. 2 pages., Fact sheet describes progress in Goal 8, which includes improving access to information and communication technology, as part of the Millennium Development Goals for 2015. Based on United Nations Summit, High-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly, September 20-22, 2010, in New York.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C37364
Notes:
See C37280 for original, Page 117-118 in Fred Myers, Running the gamut: writings of Fred Myers, journalist and 50-year members, American Agricultural Editors' Association. Fred Myers, publishers, Florence, Alabama. 125 pages.
