Problems and Suggestions of Rural Information Service Platform Construction in China

Abstract

Abstract-China's agricultural information service work cannot fully meet the needs of farmers, and need to explore more effective information services. This paper reviews the construction achievements and research achievements of China's agricultural information service platform by literature analysis, and obtains the information demand of farmers according to the social survey. The results show that farmers gradually accept the agricultural information service platform, and began to use mobile terminals to obtain agricultural information. The paper puts forward the solution of China's agricultural information service platform, and points out that the main trend of future agricultural information service is based on mobile information service.

Entrepreneurs’ Information-Seeking Behaviors in the Digital Age–A Systematic Literature Review

“…Zaremohzzabieh et al (2016) argue that compared to digital information sources, traditional sources such as personal network is rather restricted in their quantity and breadth. Moreover, the results show that digitalization has increasingly influenced the entrepreneurial activities across the world, from developed to developing countries, and from urban to rural areas (Guan et al, 2017;Jaska & Werenowska, 2018;Zaremohzzabieh et al, 2016). Moreover, the results indicate that digitalization has also enabled rural urbanization by allowing entrepreneurs to acquire all digital business-related information without having to migrate to the large metropolis (Zaremohzzabieh et al, 2016).…”

“…In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly invested in developing and advancing their support through digital services aiming at reducing the burden in administration and hoping to better engage with the growth of entrepreneurs and their businesses (Guan et al, 2017;Sagarik et al, 2018). Despite such efforts, unpleasant responses from entrepreneurs to the e-government services have been discussed among selected studies (for example, Bouthillier, 2003;Guan et al, 2017;Jansen et al, 2010;Kassim, 2010). This suggests that, despite the benefits, entrepreneurs may not be ready to change their ISB, and government entities must find other solutions to encourage entrepreneurs' use their digital services.…”

“…For example, Bouthillier (2003), stated that entrepreneurs are disappointed with the e-government services because it is difficult for them to locate specific industry-related information on these sites. In addition, Guan et al (2017), identified the lack of adequate digital skills of the entrepreneurs as a hindrance to adopt the services.…”

“…Furthermore, many studies discussed the library as one of the main information sources for the entrepreneurs. For instance, Guan et al (2017), andSong et al (2006), suggested that local governments must increase their engagements in establishing effective government information platforms (for example, by eliminating the region and industry separation), and offering onestop services, as well as equipping entrepreneurs with the sufficient digital skills. Regarding libraries, it is notable that libraries, due to the nature of digitalization in the society, no longer only serve students, teachers, or providing their services only for educational purposes.…”