Institutional Innovations for Using Information and Communication Technology in Agriculture

P. Adhiguru and Mruthyunjaya

No 344922, Policy Briefs from ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP)

Abstract: In the era of knowledge-intensive agriculture, farmers need to have easy access to new information. But information inadequacy at the grass root level constraints wider technology uptake. The agricultural extension approach needs to be reoriented to meet the expanding information needs of the farmers. Amongst various approaches, the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has emerged as an important option for the farmers as well as extension personnel in agriculture. ICT comprise various techniques and infrastructure for storage, processing and management of information. These include computers, software, books, personal digital assistants (PDAs), digital and non-digital libraries and different communication channels such as mail and email, radio, television, telephone, mobile phone, pager, instant messaging, internet etc

Keywords: Research; and; Development/Tech; Change/Emerging; Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 4
Date: 2004-03-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.344922

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