Weather Forecast Information Dissemination Design For Low-Literate Farmers
| Autor: | Amna Batool, Fahad Idrees, Junaid Qadir |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Knowledge management
business.industry Computer science Supply chain 05 social sciences Information Dissemination Exploratory research 020207 software engineering Usability Cloud computing 02 engineering and technology Gross domestic product 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences User interface Marketing Android (operating system) business 050107 human factors |
| Zdroj: | ICTD |
| DOI: | 10.1145/3136560.3136596 |
| Popis: | Pakistan's agricultural sector has been making gigantic contributions towards the nation's economy, with agriculture accounting for 22% of the gross domestic product (GDP) while engaging approximately half of the country's labor force. A significant developmental challenge in this sector is inadequacy and inaccessibility of information regarding weather forecast. In this paper, we propose an Android-based solution for farmers that can facilitate the timely, localized, and customized dissemination of granular weather forecast that shields the whole agricultural ecosystem and supply chain from weather variability by appropriate decision-making. We describe our Android mobile application that sends a customized weather forecast that is configured according to the user preferences. Information is disseminated by the cloud server through encrypted SMS to the subscribing farmers containing weather information. This information is encoded through visuals and icons in a simple to understand user-interface that is accompanied by Urdu language text in a design tailored for low-literate farmers of Pakistan. The testing, feedback, and evaluation include design understanding, the effectiveness of icons and images, usability, adaptation to touch screen is in progress which will help us to reiterate the mobile app user interface (UI) to improve the preliminary design. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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