Social Factors That Influence Use of ICT in Agricultural Extension in Southern Africa

Tata, Joyous S.; McNamara, Paul E.

doi:10.3390/agriculture6020015

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“…Possibly this can be explained by the fact that mobile phones are more versatile than the internet emails and websites hence can be used to access several services such as telecommunication services. Tata and McNamara [16] asserted that ICTs supplement rather than replace traditional extension methods. Further, the use of ICTs by extension agents' has been documented to result into personal benefits and increased professional productivity and sustained traditional interaction between farmers and agents.…”

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Agricultural Extension Approaches Influencing Uptake of Improved Sorghum Technologies in Embu County, Kenya

Chimoita¹,

Onyango²,

Kimenju³

et al. 2017

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Agricultural extension and technology transfer services play a vital role in disseminating research knowledge, skills and income generating strategies among the farming communities in Kenya. However, there exists a kind of disconnect between the amount of information and technologies developed in research centres and what is implemented by the farmers. The study evaluated the access and use of extension approaches in promoting uptake of improved sorghum technologies. The study systematically selected 129 farmers from four villages. Data on farmers' gender, age, household leadership, occupation and agricultural extension approaches were collected. The study revealed that 83% of the respondents were female out of which, 67% were engaged in improved sorghum production technologies. Besides, 56% young women (20 to 49 years) had embraced the growing of improved sorghum varieties Gadam and Sila 1. Further, mobile phones and radio services were the main means of access to the improved sorghum technologies. In addition, there was a strong positive correlation (r=0.122, P=0.01) between extension approaches and uptake of the sorghum technologies. Besides government agricultural extension agents, visits to progressive farmers and/or research sites and use of demonstration plots contributed to 68% and influenced uptake of improved sorghum technologies. It was concluded that gender, family position and age of the farmer contribute to the uptake of improved sorghum technologies. Moreover, mobile phones and radio technologies play an important role in access of sorghum technologies.

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Agricultural Extension Approaches Influencing Uptake of Improved Sorghum Technologies in Embu County, Kenya

Chimoita¹,

Onyango²,

Kimenju³

et al. 2017

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“…Also, women show more interest in knowing about mobile technologies and report a feeling of empowerment in response to information. Likewise, Tata and McNamara (2016) analyzed the use and effectiveness of Farmbook in Southern Africa, a farm technology application available for both mobile devices and desktop, and found that although women face more farmlevel challenges in applying the knowledge they gain from Farmbook, they also report lower occurrences of technical challenges in using the application itself (Tata and McNamara 2016).…”

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Mobile Technology and Gender Equality

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Rotondi

2020

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunicationstelephone lines and wireless signals and computers, as well as softwares that enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information. Mobile technology is, literally speaking, the type of technology that goes where the user goes. It consists of portable two-way communication devices, computing devices, and the networking technology that connects them. Currently, mobile technology is typified by internet-enabled devices like smartphones, tablets and watches. In this work, mobile technology refers more narrowly to mobile phones of any types, including smartphones. The United Nations (UN) define gender equality as equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of women and men and girls and boys. Equality does not mean that women and men become the same but that women's and men's rights, responsibilities, and opportunities do not depend on whether they are born female or male. Gender equality implies that the interests, needs, and priorities of both women and men are taken into consideration, recognizing the diversity of different groups of women and men. As of 2017, gender equality is the fifth of 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN). Gender inequality is measured annually by the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Reports.

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“…• low level of education, such as the issue of the level of illiteracy [3], lack of interest in reading [12], farmers not active in finding information [4], and educational qualification related to ability to operate the internet and applications [6],…”

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“…Another research, in India, farmers access information on agricultural inputs and market prices through television, radio, mobile phones, and the internet [5]. Southern Africa developed farmbook, ICT application to help farmers plan their businesses, assess productivity, and profitability of their farming enterprise [6]. Some results from that research show that ICT is very beneficial to the society particularly farmers to access information.…”

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The Uses of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and The Fraud Through ICT on Orange Farmers in Wringinpitu Village

Paramitha¹,

Supriyadi²,

Zuber³

2018

Proceedings of the International Conference of Communication Science Research (ICCSR 2018)

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Information and communication technology (ICT) has changed the way of live of modern people as digital society. People living far apart can communicate without needing to be present in the same space and any information can be obtained easily. However, ICT would be useless if users didn't have capacity to use it. The research aims to determine the uses of ICT and the fraud through ICT on orange farmers in Wringinpitu Village, Banyuwangi. This research was conducted from September 2017 to April 2018. This research used qualitative method with case study approach. Data obtained through observation, documentation, and in-depth interviews. The informants were selected based on purposive sampling technique. The data validated by triangulation and analyzed by interactive model. The results show that orange farmers already have devices such as smartphones, tablets, and computers that can access the internet. Many farmers are able to purchase ICT, but they don't have capacity of how to exploit the ICT and they're not aware of fraud through ICT. Many farmers do not use ICT to access information about agribusiness and markets. They usually get information from the successful one and they just follow that information. The negative impact of ICT usually happened to orange farmers who are also traders. Many of them are victims of ICT fraud, at least once.

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Social Factors That Influence Use of ICT in Agricultural Extension in Southern Africa

Cited by 44 publications

References 11 publications

Agricultural Extension Approaches Influencing Uptake of Improved Sorghum Technologies in Embu County, Kenya

Agricultural Extension Approaches Influencing Uptake of Improved Sorghum Technologies in Embu County, Kenya

Mobile Technology and Gender Equality

The Uses of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and The Fraud Through ICT on Orange Farmers in Wringinpitu Village

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