Mobile Phone Usage for Accessing Agricultural Information in Southern Ethiopia
| Autor: | Deribe Kaske, Alfred Said Sife, Z. S. K. Mvena |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Information Systems and Management
Short Message Service business.industry 05 social sciences Advertising Information delivery Schedule (workplace) Agricultural information Agriculture Phone Mobile phone 0502 economics and business Information system 050202 agricultural economics & policy Business Socioeconomics Agronomy and Crop Science 050203 business & management Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Agricultural & Food Information. 19:284-298 |
| ISSN: | 1540-4722 1049-6505 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10496505.2017.1371023 |
| Popis: | This study was conducted in Ethiopia to determine the use of mobile phones in agriculture. The study included 320 household heads who owned mobile phones. Data were collected using an interview schedule. The results revealed that the majority (90.6%) of household heads made phone calls for agricultural purposes. Over three quarters (85.9%) of the household heads received phone calls related to agriculture. Short message service (SMS) was poorly used. It is concluded that mobile phones are playing an important role as an informational medium. Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture in Ethiopia needs to develop a mobile-based agricultural information dissemination system to enhance information delivery to rural farming households. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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