Reaching the millions: accelerating agricultural extension services through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTS)
Agricultural extension is considered to be the main vehicle in transporting the valuable pieces of advises to the farming community. However, the pace of delivery can be increased by incorporating Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Extending and receiving desired information within...
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International Digital Organization for Scientific Information
2017
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62914/ https://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj35(3)2017.htm |
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| Institution: | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Summary: | Agricultural extension is considered to be the main vehicle in transporting the valuable pieces of
advises to the farming community. However, the pace of delivery can be increased by incorporating Information
and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Extending and receiving desired information within less fraction of
time has become priority and need of the hour particularly in this era of agricultural intensification. In fact,
common farmers now want quick advisory services with less mobility. So, ICTs can be the appropriate solution
in order to speed up the process of agricultural technology transfer. Moreover, extension services can be
improved with the proper use of ICTs and help in poverty alleviation, combating food insecurity issue and
exchange of agriculture innovations, reaching majority of the farmers at regional and global level. Relevant
review of literature was adopted as desk research for this study. The crux of the reviewed literature revealed
that the new nexus between extension and ICTs will lead to impact oriented extension and advisory services
and feeding the million mouths. |
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