e-Agriculture Prototype for Knowledge Facilitation among Tribal Farmers of North-East India: Innovations, Impact and Lessons

Autor:	Saravanan Raj
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Economic growth business.industry Geography Planning and Development Information technology North east Education E-agriculture Information and Communications Technology Agriculture Needs assessment Facilitation Marketing General Agricultural and Biological Sciences business Agricultural extension
Zdroj:	The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension. 19:113-131
ISSN:	1750-8622 1389-224X
DOI:	10.1080/1389224x.2012.718247
Popis:	Purpose: This case study deals with the implementation methodology, innovations and lessons of the ICT initiative in providing agricultural extension services to the rural tribal farming community of North-East India. Methodology: This study documents the ICT project implementation challenges, impact among farmers and briefly indicates lessons of the e-agriculture project. Findings: The e-agriculture prototype demonstrated that the Rs. 2,400 (USD 53) cost of the extension services to provide farm advisory services was saved per farmer per year, expenditure was reduced 3.6 times in comparison with the conventional extension system. Sixteenfold less time was required by the farmers for availing the services and threefold less time was required to deliver the services to the farmers compared with the conventional extension system. However, this article argues that in less developed areas, information through ICTs alone may not create expected development. Along with appropriate agricultural informat...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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