The 2012 RUFORUM Biennial Conference is the third in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. The third Biennial Conference was attended by 657 participants. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of Communication and Knowledge Management.
Infrastructural Support Affect the Use of Informatoin and Communication Technologies by Farmers for Accessing Agricultural Information in Gezira State, Sudan
Abstract:
The study aimed at examining the perceptions of farmers in
Gezira State about appropriate infrastructural support likely to
affect the use of Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs) for accessing agricultural information. The study also
sought to identify how farmers used ICTs for accessing
agricultural information. A questionnaire was developed and
data collected from 120 farmers. Descriptive analyses were
applied to the data. Findings indicate that the most popular
methods for accessing agricultural information by farmers is
radio (21.9%) followed by print media (15.33%) and TV
(14.6%). Additionally, it was found that infrastructural support
such as roads, electricity and telecommunication affect the use
of ICTs by farmers.
L’étude visait à examiner les perceptions des agriculteurs dans
l’État de Gezira au sujet du soutien approprié des infrastructures
susceptible d’affecter l’utilisation des technologies de
l’information et de la communication (TIC) pour accéder à
l’information agricole. L’étude a également cherché à identifier
comment les agriculteurs ont utilisé les TIC pour accéder à
l’information agricole. Un questionnaire a été élaboré et des
données recueillies auprès de 120 agriculteurs. Des analyses
descriptives ont été appliquées aux données. Les résultats
indiquent que les méthodes les plus populaires pour accéder à
l’information agricole par les agriculteurs sont la radio (21,9%),
suivie par la presse écrite (15,33%) et la télévision (14,6%). En
outre, il a été constaté que le soutien des infrastructures telles
que les routes, l’électricité et la télécommunication, influent sur
l’utilisation des TIC par les agriculteurs.
Language:
English
Extended Abstract for Communication and Knowledge Management
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2012
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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