Agricultural information dissemination using ICTs: A review and analysis of information dissemination models in China

Zhang, Yun; Wang, Lei; Duan, Yanqing

doi:10.1016/j.inpa.2015.11.002

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“…Agriculture faces a range of modern and serious challenges, particularly in developing countries exposed to price shocks, climate change, and continued deficiencies in infrastructure in rural areas. Adequate dissemination of detailed information is a necessary condition for improvement of all areas of agriculture (Zhang, Wang & Duan, 2016). Empirical research also suggests that ICT has a positive impact on the development of any nation.…”

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confidence: 99%

Can ICT Adoption Aid Crop Production in Nigeria? (Smart-Agriculture)

Ejemeyovwi¹,

Akhigbemidu²,

Agharevba³

et al. 2017

IJELS

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Can ICT Adoption Aid Crop Production in Nigeria? (Smart-Agriculture)

Ejemeyovwi¹,

Akhigbemidu²,

Agharevba³

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IJELS

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“…This shows that respondents wanted to have a tool essential for dissemination of information and interaction with the barangay officials. According to Zhang, Wang and Duan (2016), Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has evolved from the traditional to modern practice of disseminating information to people. Moreover, in the digital environment, it has become possible to enable the users to access community information from anywhere at any time (Chatterjee, 2016).…”

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E-Participation: Community Involvement Level Related to Different Services of Local Government Unit Officials

Balahadia

Molino

Bawica

et al. 2017

IJCSR

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Purpose -This paper seeks to answer the level and extent of involvement of the community in the government services to explore how information technologies may work to improve the services to the citizens as an input to egovernance initiative.Method -The researchers conducted a series of activities for data gathering, such as interview, focus group discussion and survey. Questionnaires were used to collect data to support the rationality of the study. The study used the descriptive statistics from the gathered data to determine the needs of the community. Specifically, mean scores and standard deviation were computed from the results of different statements per category based on the survey questions. Regression analysis method was used to identify the factors affecting the involvement of the respondents related to the services from the LGU. ANOVA was also used to identify the differences among respondents' levels of involvement such as the age group, civil status, and educational attainment. 11Results -The findings provided justifications to identify factors affecting the involvement of the respondents in LGU services. It also indicated that they have the same level of involvement in terms of sex, civil status, and educational attainment. However, there is a positive association between community involvement and community respondent age group in terms of involvement level.Conclusion -The study showed that there is lack of information dissemination about different services, programs, activities and projects in the community that cause low community involvement. Accessibility to technology of the respondents, dissemination of information to respondents through the web, level of public web applicability of the respondents, and level of assessment on incident report in the community of the respondents are the factors affecting the involvement of the respondents in the different services of local government officials which lead as a basis for creating the e-participation website for local government unit.Recommendations -The use of ICT (information and communication technology) in the Local Government must be applied in a bigger community or group in a barangay; on the other hand, local municipalities must implement the proposed system or e-participation portal to identify the benefits from the delivery of services of the officials.Research Implications -The development of the government services such as e-participation initiatives inevitably need to take into consideration the inclusion of proper information dissemination, crafting of new models of policy formulation, and the formulation of alternative approaches for connecting people to the political process though the ICT. Motivations for community involvement are also important. Future efforts could stress on the community their involvement in changing the local conditions they are not pleased with. Uses of this finding in program/policy development could take a variety of forms.

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“…Information is delivered to farmers through monthly magazine, agricultural radio programmes, films and posters by extension agents, web portal, social media, newspapers, notice boards, use of leaflets, exhibits, public campaigns, banners, visual aids, text (SMS) based service, self-support online community, interactive video conferencing service and mobile Internet based service [9,14,[21][22][23][24][25].…”

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“…Voice based services are more expensive, time consuming, less efficient, require human involvement and machine to produce voice, lack pictorial illustration and not readily embraced by farmers [25,27].…”

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A Mobile-based Tea Farming Information System

Munene¹,

Kasamani²

2018

IJCA

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Current trends in information and communication technology have led to emergence of smartphones with faster wireless speeds, faster graphics, better screens, and faster processors. Tapping into this technology can lead to development of mobile information systems that promote sustainable farming through timely information access, especially in tea farming. The traditional practice in tea farming has been dissemination of information through extension officers, Farmer Field Schools, mass media or farmer's sharing own experience. Consequently, this vital information is either accessed too late or when obsolete and/or it is sometimes completely lacking. Limited access to information has led to an information gap hence farmers practice poor planning and farming resulting to environmental degradation and reduced revenues. This paper focused on developing a tea farming information system that meets the information needs of tea farmers. The nature of the study required the researcher to adopt deductive approach so as to compare the data findings against the existing literature through logical reasoning. A case study strategy was employed to gain a rich understanding of the research perspective with the focus being the tea farmers of Mungania Tea Factory Company Limited. Through qualitative and quantitative analysis, the research findings can be generalised to all the tea farmers. Agile system development methodology was employed due to its sustainable development having testing integrated throughout the lifecycle. The contribution of this research concerns adoption of a tea farming information system to improve on productivity, service delivery, profitability, decision-making and farmer protection from fraud and losses. Moreover, it facilitates the communication between the factory and the farmers giving easier access to extension services. It further enhances processing of more accurate and comprehensive information and generation of useful reports.

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Agricultural information dissemination using ICTs: A review and analysis of information dissemination models in China

Cited by 139 publications

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Can ICT Adoption Aid Crop Production in Nigeria? (Smart-Agriculture)

Can ICT Adoption Aid Crop Production in Nigeria? (Smart-Agriculture)

E-Participation: Community Involvement Level Related to Different Services of Local Government Unit Officials

A Mobile-based Tea Farming Information System

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