Access to and Utilization of Information and Communication Technologies by Agricultural Researchers and Extension Workers in Zimbabwe

Mugwisi, Tinashe; Mostert, Janneke; Ocholla, Dennis N.

doi:10.1080/02681102.2013.874317

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“…6). Similar results have also been documented in the study by Yakubu et al, (2014), Gangadharan (2015), Muqwisi et al, (2015) and Mathuabirami et al, (2019).…”

Section: Communication Characteristics Of the Respondentssupporting

confidence: 91%

ICT Training Areas for the Extension Personnel: A Study of Uttarakhand State

Kothari¹,

Kameswari²

2021

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…6). Similar results have also been documented in the study by Yakubu et al, (2014), Gangadharan (2015), Muqwisi et al, (2015) and Mathuabirami et al, (2019).…”

Section: Communication Characteristics Of the Respondentssupporting

confidence: 91%

ICT Training Areas for the Extension Personnel: A Study of Uttarakhand State

Kothari¹,

Kameswari²

2021

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…It has also been dominated by a novelty-seeking paradigm that privileges the positive benefits of innovation (Heidenreich and Handrich, 2015;Talke and Heidenreich, 2014). As Mugwisi et al (2015) say, the pro-innovation bias has tended to privilege the individual and ignored systemic aspects so that there is a "tendency to hold the individual responsible for his/her problems rather than the system in which he/she is part". Recent theorising has focused more on the economic and systemic factors that block innovation adoption.…”

Section: Innovation Resistancementioning

confidence: 99%

The role of emotions in the choice to adopt, or resist, innovations by Irish dairy farmers

Rieple

Snijders

2018

Journal of Business Research

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2003; Choi et al 2010), to shape the adoption of specific types of innovations. Our findings have surfaced the strong value-driven emotions that underpin the Irish dairy farmers' beliefs about what farming is, and means, and the influence that this has on innovation choices. Emotional or affective dimensions are rather under-represented in research into innovation adoption and rejection, especially by businesses; most of the research that has examined the interaction between emotions and innovation adoption has focused on industries other than agriculture (Vuori and Huy, 2016). We would argue that the important role of emotions in social settings (Parkinson and Manstead, 2015), combined with the heavily values-driven nature of Irish farming (Fahey, 2002; Ni Laoire, 2005) and the inherently emotional nature of work that involves interactions with the land and with animals (Scotney et al., 2015), means that innovation in Irish dairy farming is worthy of investigation. The rural literatures have also tended to 'understate emotional dimensions' and have seldom made feelings an explicit focus for analysis (Jennings et al., 2015) despite the fact that these "loom large in idealised imaginings of rurality" (Pini et al., 2010). We also challenge the prevailing dominance within *Manuscript (WITHOUT AUTHOR DETAILS). . 2. innovation adoption theory of a bias toward a pro-change stance, which we address by shedding light on the underpinnings of passive and active innovation resistance (Talke and Heidenreich, 2014; Heidenreich et al., 2016). This paper unfolds as follows. We first review the innovation adoption and emotions literatures to understand the factors that influence acceptance of, or resistance to, innovation and the types of innovations adopted, focusing especially on the role of emotions in the innovation adoption or rejection decision. We then describe our methodology and research setting, including the selection of interviewees, our interview protocols and data analysis methods. The following section discusses our findings and proposes a novel framework for understanding the interaction of external and emotional influences on the adoption of innovation and the types of innovations adopted in the Irish dairy industry. This is followed by a final section that draws out implications for theory and for further research.. 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND. 2.1 Innovation Adoption. Research on both the adoption and the diffusion of innovations has a long and wide-ranging history (Kapoor et al 2014; Büschgens et al., 2013). Much of this body of literature focuses on the role of innovation in fulfilling a perceived need or solving a problem, whether this is economic or social (Rogers, 2003). Much of the early literature focused on product or technology innovation; subsequent theory has extended to include innovation in services and in business models. Each tends to be diffused via a different path (Rieple and Kapetaniou, 2017) and involves different players in the process. .

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“…Indigenous knowledge is developed and accumulated over a long period of time by community members and is passed down over generations mostly by word of mouth (Mugwisi et al, 2014). Indigenous knowledge is learned through phenomenological experience and everyday activities (Bruchac, 2014).…”

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Knowledge management best practices among rice farmers in selected areas of Tanzania

Mtega

Ngoepe

2019

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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For improved rice production, farmers need access to timely and relevant knowledge at each stage of the rice-cropping calendar. To understand how farmers involve themselves in acquiring and sharing agricultural knowledge, this study investigates how knowledge management best practices can be enhanced among rice farmers in selected rural areas of Tanzania. Data were collected from 226 rice farmers in three districts (Kilombero, Kilosa and Mvomero) of the Morogoro region in Tanzania. Findings from structured questionnaires and focused group discussion indicate that rice farmers accessed, shared and used agricultural knowledge. It was found that individual, institutional and knowledge factors influence the performance of agricultural knowledge management activities. For enhancing effective agricultural knowledge management, it is important to take into consideration the knowledge management best practices, which include developing effective knowledge infrastructure, involving different stakeholders and using appropriate information and communications technology tools in enhancing access to knowledge. It is concluded that effective knowledge management activities increase the level of adoption of agricultural innovations. It is recommended that the proposed agricultural knowledge management best practices be adapted for improving rice production.

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Access to and Utilization of Information and Communication Technologies by Agricultural Researchers and Extension Workers in Zimbabwe

Cited by 28 publications

References 8 publications

ICT Training Areas for the Extension Personnel: A Study of Uttarakhand State

ICT Training Areas for the Extension Personnel: A Study of Uttarakhand State

The role of emotions in the choice to adopt, or resist, innovations by Irish dairy farmers

Knowledge management best practices among rice farmers in selected areas of Tanzania

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