Use of information and communication technology (ICT) by extension officers of the tea small holdings development authority of Sri Lanka

Samansiri, B.A.D.; Wanigasundera, W. A. D. P.

doi:10.4038/tar.v25i4.8054

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“…This is in line with research by Seepersad [21] who reported that cell phones are fairly common among extension employees in Trinidad and Tobago. Samansiri and Wanigasundera [20] found similar results. Majority of the respondents (87.5%) uses internet to transfer necessary information while 52.5% and 75.0% of the respondents uses video chatting and multimedia projector for transferring agricultural information, respectively.…”

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confidence: 54%

Preferences of ICT Tools by the Upazila Agriculture Officers (UAOs) for the Information Exchange in Bangladesh

Kabir

Roy

2015

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the preferences of ICT tools by the Upazila Agricultural Officers, Bangladesh for the exchange of information. Data were collected using distributed questionnaires among the respondents. The findings showed that majority of the respondents (93.8%) had highly favorable attitude towards ICTs while 6.3% percent had moderately favorable attitude and there was no respondent had slightly favorable attitude towards ICTs. It also found that the highly preferred ICT tool by the UAOs is cell phone (1.76) and the second highly preferred tool is tab with the mean value 1.74, and on the other hand, internet (1.31) is the least preferred tools by the respondents. Correlation showed that age, job duration, personality characteristics, ambition and access to ICT tools showed significant relationship with the preferences of ICT tools by the UAOs. Challenges in using ICTs revealed that load shedding problem (2.21), lack of training facilities (2.19) and indifferences of farmers to get information through ICT (2.19) are the major challenges faced by the Upazila Agriculture Officers. Thus, it can be recommended that more ICT tools should be made available to the respondents with properly addressing the challenges so that they will be able to choose from various alternatives and also be able to gather and disseminate useful information to the farmers.

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confidence: 54%

Preferences of ICT Tools by the Upazila Agriculture Officers (UAOs) for the Information Exchange in Bangladesh

Kabir

Roy

2015

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“…As with age, it can be inferred that personnel with lesser experience (assumed to be younger) have more inclination toward using ICT than the more experienced (older) ones. These results echo findings from studies conducted by Salau and Saingbe (2008); Meera and Sain (2010); Adetumbi, Olaniyi, and Adewale (2013); and Samansiri and Wanigasundera (2014). These revealed significant association between sex, age, education, and work experience of the personnel from agricultural extension organizations and their ICT usage characteristics.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…It can be surmised from these results that older and more experienced extension personnel with rich educational qualifications are reluctant to use ICT. However, earlier studies (Salau and Saingbe 2008;Meera and Sain 2010;Adetumbi et al 2013;Samansiri and Wanigasundera 2014) show that with increase in age and decrease in educational qualifications, the use of ICT in the workplace diminishes.…”

Section: Pattern Of Ict Usage Of Personnel From Agricultural Extension Organizationsmentioning

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Exploring the ICT Preferences of Personnel from Agricultural Extension Organizations in the Northeastern Region of India

Baruah¹,

Mohan²

2021

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Although the public extension system in India is known to be one of the largest in the world, it still lacks coordinated effort in managing the links between research, extension, and farmers, resulting in non-uniform distribution of agricultural knowledge and technology. A vast majority of the population earning their livelihood through agriculture remain small and marginal farmers. Lack of computerized networks in agricultural extension departments, inadequate skilled manpower for disseminating agricultural information, and increasingly diverse needs of farmers across the Indian sub-continent pose hurdles in effective information transfer to the farming community. The use of information and communication technology (ICT) tools exerts a positive impact on agriculture worldwide by aiding speedy and effective dissemination of agricultural information. An increased awareness of modern ICT tools and their usage will contribute substantially to strengthening the extension network and expand its scope. This study explored the ICT preferences of personnel from agricultural extension organizations employed in public extension organizations in the north-eastern region of India. It found that electronic media is ranked below the conventional extension contact modes of print media and personalized contact regarding its use for disseminating agricultural information by the extension personnel. Demographic characteristics of the personnel from agricultural extension organizations such as sex, age, education, specialization, designation, and work experience were significantly associated with the pattern of ICT use specifically experience with ICT, frequency of use, training, and voluntary use.

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“…Thus, improving awareness of modern ICT tools may promote their use by both public and private extension officers. Samansiri and Wanigasundera (2014) also found a correlation between awareness and use of ICT, but no significant relationship between age and use of mobile phones. Tata and McNamara (2016) found that gender, age, education and access to Internet have some impact on challenges in using ICT by extension officers.…”

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confidence: 80%

Use of Information Communication Technologies among Agricultural Extension Officers in Lesotho

Akintunde¹,

Oladele²

2019

jae

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The study assessed the use of ICTs among public and private extension officers in Lesotho. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 86 public and 19 private extension officers. Data collected were analysed, using percentages, mean, and standard deviation, multiple regressions and t-test. Extension officers use ICT tools to obtain information on new technology (79.1%), preservation of farm produce (79.1%); time of planting crops (75.6%), call attention of extension officers (75.6%) and cultural practices (75.6%). Serious constraints to the use of ICTs, as perceived by extension officers were: high cost of ICT (83.7%); poor basic infrastructure (79.1%); non-availability of technical personnel (72.1%), failure of service (73.7%) and non-availability of genuine parts. There is a strong relationship between access to information, residing within place of work, constraints, age awareness, type of extension and use of ICTs. There is also a significance differences in the use of ICTs between public and private extension officers. Policy makers should improve national e-readiness and make more ICT tools available and accessible to extension officers. Constraints of high cost, lack of ICT infrastructure and training of technical personnel should be dealt with.

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Use of information and communication technology (ICT) by extension officers of the tea small holdings development authority of Sri Lanka

Cited by 8 publications

References 6 publications

Preferences of ICT Tools by the Upazila Agriculture Officers (UAOs) for the Information Exchange in Bangladesh

Preferences of ICT Tools by the Upazila Agriculture Officers (UAOs) for the Information Exchange in Bangladesh

Exploring the ICT Preferences of Personnel from Agricultural Extension Organizations in the Northeastern Region of India

Use of Information Communication Technologies among Agricultural Extension Officers in Lesotho

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