Use of Information and Communication Technologies among Extension Agents In Kano State, Nigeria

Yakubu, D. H.; Abubakar, Bello; Atala, T. K.; Muhammed, A.

doi:10.4314/jae.v17i1.16

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“…6). Similar results have also been documented in the study by Yakubu et al, (2014), Gangadharan (2015), Muqwisi et al, (2015) and Mathuabirami et al, (2019).…”

Section: Communication Characteristics Of the Respondentssupporting

confidence: 90%

ICT Training Areas for the Extension Personnel: A Study of Uttarakhand State

Kothari¹,

Kameswari²

2021

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…6). Similar results have also been documented in the study by Yakubu et al, (2014), Gangadharan (2015), Muqwisi et al, (2015) and Mathuabirami et al, (2019).…”

Section: Communication Characteristics Of the Respondentssupporting

confidence: 90%

ICT Training Areas for the Extension Personnel: A Study of Uttarakhand State

Kothari¹,

Kameswari²

2021

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…There is therefore a need for national agricultural research systems to develop and disseminate appropriate integrated crop management practices suited to farmers. Yakubu et al [30] proposed the use of information and communication technologies by both researchers and extension agents being the most efficient way of information transfer. The authors recommend the use of cell phones in information dissemination since most rural communities have access to cell phones [31].…”

Section: Access To and Use Of Agricultural Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although none of the female-headed households received agricultural information from the governmental extension agents (National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS)) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), male-and female-headed households had similar chances of receiving information from any of the five information sources (χ 2 = 10.578, P = 0.060). Agricultural information and specifically information about sweet potato needs to be communicated through more sources such as mass media (radio, television) and preferably in local languages if it is to find a wider audience [30,32].…”

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confidence: 99%

Gender differences in access and use of selected productive resources among sweet potato farmers in Uganda

Okonya

Kroschel

2014

Agric & Food Secur

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Background: In spite of women making up the biggest workforce in food production, processing and preparation in Africa, little is known about how women access production resources, especially concerning sweet potato enterprise. Based on the sex of the household head, we compared male and female sweet potato farmers' access to agricultural information, credit and extension in Uganda. Differences in sweet potato production techniques, contribution of sweet potato to household food security or cash income, off-farm income sources and membership to farmers' group were also determined. Methods: A diagnostic survey was conducted using a questionnaire in six districts of Uganda. A total of 139 and 53 male-and female-headed households were interviewed, respectively. The study was largely descriptive and data was analyzed using the SAS package. Results: Few male-(5.8%) and female-(7.5%) headed households used fertilizers. Over 80% of both male-and female-headed households grew sweet potato primarily for home consumption. Only a few male-(8.6%) and female-(9.4%) headed households had received any form of agricultural information related to sweet potato production, marketing or value addition in the 12 months preceding the survey. Information sources on sweet potato cropping were numerous, with both farmers' own experience and friends or relatives (8.3 and 40.0% for male-and female-headed households, respectively) being equally the most common. Although none of the female-headed households received agricultural information from both governmental extension agents and non-governmental organizations, male-and female-headed households had similar chances of receiving information. More female-headed households had no off-farm income (67.9%) and lacked access to credit (26.4%) than did their male counterparts. Male-headed households had significantly more members who belonged to a farmer organization (44.6%) compared to female-headed households (30.2%). Conclusions: Both male-and female-headed households were found to have relatively equal but very low access to both agricultural information and credit. There is a need to develop and disseminate integrated sweet potato management messages for better understanding and efficient use, preferably in local languages and through mass media. There is evidence of anti-female household heads' bias in membership to farmer organizations. It is recommended that men receive training on gender mainstreaming and awareness, so as to appreciate the role women play in the sweet potato value chain.

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“…ICTs can collect, process, store, retrieve and disseminate data and information using microelectronics, optics, telecommunications and computers (Richardson, 2006;FAO, 1993). ICTs includes contemporary social networking aspects, read/write interfaces on the Web, besides file sharing systems online, policies and laws that govern the widespread use of media and devices (Yakubu et al, 2013a). In fact, ICTs have the potentials of bridging the existing communication gap among agriculture researchers, extension workers, farmers and other stakeholders by providing a network among key stakeholders in Research-Extension-Farmer-Inputs-Linkage System (REFILS) (Yakubu et al, 2013b).…”

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The Use of Participatory Approaches in Developing ICT‐Based Systems for Disseminating Agricultural Knowledge and Information for Farmers in Developing Countries: The Case of Tanzania

Barakabitze

Fue

Sanga

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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This paper provides an insight on the use of various participatory approaches to develop ICTs to the rural farming communities. The paper shows how collective groups of farmers can be empowered through involvement of different stakeholders in a participatory action research. The paper also discusses how participatory action research will help the farming community in adopting ICT‐based solutions for agriculture. This in turn will contribute in solving problems as well as assisting decision making in identifying technological and agricultural needs. In this study, a total of 64 researchers and extension workers and 320 rural farmers were involved. Primary data were collected using a self‐administered questionnaire and interviews. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics tool. The results indicate that many ICT‐based solutions for agriculture are not adopted by farmers and other stakeholders in various agricultural value chains because those ICTs were developed without using participatory approaches. Moreover, the results from study indicate that participatory action research approaches such as Participatory Communication (PV), Participatory Video (PV), Participatory Learning and Action Research (PLAR), Farmer Participatory Research (FPR), Informal‐Mobile Learning Research (IMLR) have a significant impact on the effective use of ICTs in rural farming community and the agricultural domain in general. Among of these participatory approaches, the IMLR and PLAR have shown to be more effective because of availability and interactive mobile learning environments that excite interests, commitments and encourages participatory attitudes among famers and researchers. This study provides an evident that ICTs has a dominant position to alleviate rural poverty and strengthen the agriculture productivity through participatory approaches. We recommend that a strong commitment of all actors in agriculture value chain is needed so that they can collaborate to identify the problem, analysis and design possible solutions and finally, implement and later on use those developed ICTs to increase agriculture productivity.

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Use of Information and Communication Technologies among Extension Agents In Kano State, Nigeria

Cited by 15 publications

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ICT Training Areas for the Extension Personnel: A Study of Uttarakhand State

ICT Training Areas for the Extension Personnel: A Study of Uttarakhand State

Gender differences in access and use of selected productive resources among sweet potato farmers in Uganda

The Use of Participatory Approaches in Developing ICT‐Based Systems for Disseminating Agricultural Knowledge and Information for Farmers in Developing Countries: The Case of Tanzania

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