With its rapid proliferation in the developing world, information and communication technology (ICT) has been accepted as an opportunity to assist disadvantaged people. Many projects have piloted ICT supporting rural communities in developing countries. Such rural communities are socially complex and infrastructurally weak environments that demand clear understanding of the social, economical, cultural and political preconditions when implementing ICT innovations. To provide a comprehensive overview of what kinds of ICT intervention and research contributions have been achieved, a systematic mapping study (SMS) was carried out. This work presents the state-of-the-art based on related journal and conference papers published between 2006-2014. The review indicates that ICT supporting farmers has gained attention over the past few years with a growing number of contributions. However, the field is still in a consolidating phase. Theoretical concepts are sparse, so it is difficult to generalize and transfer the findings. Specifically, there is limited research in IT design and development process; user-interface design for illiterate people; and user and community involvement in the design process.
ICT Interventions at agriculture information service provide rural farmer with the knowledge to improve their wellbeing. There are various technological and operational components that go into design of a software system particularly in ICT for development initiatives. We aimed to design method that covers socio-technical issues via participatory design.
Access to agricultural information services is vital to improve the livelihood of farmers in many directions specifically in the developing countries. There are several requirements for these services most of which stem from the nature and livelihood of involved stakeholders. Though various systems have been put to use so far, most failed to integrate these stakeholders in their requirement elicitation and design strategies. This paper uses a goal-oriented approach to provide an exhaustive view on the domain from specific design ideas to abstract requirements. The approach allows us to consider alternatives when developing novel services and to balance the impact that each design space can have on functional requirements of the system to-be. The analysis and design process took a bottom-up approach that starts from field study to the use of goal-oriented approach for the analysis and designing of requirements for the system to-be.
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