The determinants of mobile-phone usage among small-scale poultry farmers in Ghana

Autor:	Lucy Dzandu, Stephen Bekoe, Grace Obeng-Koranteng, Seth Awuku Manteaw, Benjamin Yao Folitse
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Scale (ratio) 05 social sciences Library and Information Sciences Environmental economics Mobile phone 0502 economics and business Key (cryptography) 050211 marketing Ict tools Business Dynamism 0509 other social sciences 050904 information & library sciences Agricultural extension
Zdroj:	Information Development. 35:564-574
ISSN:	1741-6469 0266-6669
DOI:	10.1177/0266666918772005
Popis:	This paper makes the firm assumption that the effective use of ICT tools such as the mobile phone may hold the key to introducing the needed dynamism and efficiency in agricultural extension delivery in Ghana. It therefore seeks to examine the dynamics of the use of mobile phone among poultry farmers in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. One hundred and fifty poultry farmers selected from the Greater Accra Region were interviewed using structured questionnaires. The study showed a high penetration of mobile phones among the poultry farmers. A regression analysis showed that demographic variables such as age, sex, educational level, experience and size of holdings influenced the use of mobile phone. Network failure was cited as the major constraint to the use of mobile phones. There is the need for the required investment to build a more robust infrastructural base for the use of mobile phone as it remains a critical tool to supporting agricultural extension delivery among Ghanaian farmers.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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