Documentation and Analysis of Digital Start-Ups in Agriculture and Improving Public Extension System from Digital Start-Up Experiences

Autor: Shaik N. Meera, Dadimi Anilkumar Reddy, Muhammad Khan
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology. :24-32
ISSN: 2320-7027
Popis: Aim: To document and analyze digital start-ups operating in the field of agriculture and suggesting some strategies to improve public extension system.Study Design: Descriptive was employed for the study.Duration of the Study: Study was carried out between last quarter of 2018 and first quarter of 2019.Methodology: Desk study method was adopted to document the start-ups and focus group discussion was carried out with the experts in the field of agriculture extension.Results: Fifty two digital start-ups were operating in the agriculture sector and these start-ups were placed into different components across agriculture value chain.Conclusion: Government agencies are rich sources of data and on the other side start-ups lack data and are fully equipped to serve farmers. So, collaboration between the two could be a game changer in revolutionizing the agriculture extension system.
Databáze: OpenAIRE