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Digital technologies for agricultural and rural development in the global south / edited by Richard Duncombe.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Boston, MA : CAB International, [2018], c2018.Description: 142 pages : illustrations ; cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781786393364 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9781786394804 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • S494.5 D3D54 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Part 1: Creating and Sharing Knowledge -- Mobile phone applications for weather and climate information for small-holder farmer decision making / Amanda Caine, Chris Clarke, Graham Clarkson and Peter Dorward -- Smartphones supporting monitoring functions: experiences from sweet potato vine distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa / Luka M. Wanjohi -- Customised information delivery for dryland farmers / Amit Chakravarty, Sumanth Kumar and Mukund D. Patil -- mNutrition: experiences and lessons learned in content development / Charlotte Day -- Part 2: Information and Knowledge Intermediaries -- Introducing a technology stewardship model to encourage ICT adoption in agricultural communities of practice: reflections on a Canada/Sri Lanka partnership project / Gordon Gow -- Reducing transaction costs in contract farming arrangements: the case of farmforce / Fritz Brugger -- Adoption of ICT products and services among rice farmers in the northern province of Sierra Leone / Simone Sala, Andrea Porro, Alberto Lubatti, and stefano Bocchi -- The effect of ICTs on agricultural distribution channels in Mexico / luis Emilo Lastra Gil -- Part 3: Facilitating Change in Agricultural Systems -- Towards alternate theories of change for M4ARD / Andrew Dearden and Linus Kendall -- Mobile for agriculture (m4Agric) services: evidence from East Africa / Richard Duncombe -- Understanding the impacts of mobile technology on smallholder agriculture / Stan Karanasios and Mira Slavova -- Farmerline: a for-profit agtech company with a social mission / Worlali Senyo -- Best practice lessons and sources of further information / Richard Duncombe -- Index.
Summary: "This book shares research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global South. Growth of research in this field has been slower than the pace of change for practitioners, particularly in bringing socio-technical views of information technology and agricultural development perspectives together. The contents are therefore structured around three main themes: sharing information and knowledge for agricultural development, information and knowledge intermediaries, and facilitating change in agricultural systems and settings."--Back cover.
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Books Books Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section Non-fiction RUS S494.5 D3D54 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Room use only 76999 00078084

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Creating and Sharing Knowledge -- Mobile phone applications for weather and climate information for small-holder farmer decision making / Amanda Caine, Chris Clarke, Graham Clarkson and Peter Dorward -- Smartphones supporting monitoring functions: experiences from sweet potato vine distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa / Luka M. Wanjohi -- Customised information delivery for dryland farmers / Amit Chakravarty, Sumanth Kumar and Mukund D. Patil -- mNutrition: experiences and lessons learned in content development / Charlotte Day -- Part 2: Information and Knowledge Intermediaries -- Introducing a technology stewardship model to encourage ICT adoption in agricultural communities of practice: reflections on a Canada/Sri Lanka partnership project / Gordon Gow -- Reducing transaction costs in contract farming arrangements: the case of farmforce / Fritz Brugger -- Adoption of ICT products and services among rice farmers in the northern province of Sierra Leone / Simone Sala, Andrea Porro, Alberto Lubatti, and stefano Bocchi -- The effect of ICTs on agricultural distribution channels in Mexico / luis Emilo Lastra Gil -- Part 3: Facilitating Change in Agricultural Systems -- Towards alternate theories of change for M4ARD / Andrew Dearden and Linus Kendall -- Mobile for agriculture (m4Agric) services: evidence from East Africa / Richard Duncombe -- Understanding the impacts of mobile technology on smallholder agriculture / Stan Karanasios and Mira Slavova -- Farmerline: a for-profit agtech company with a social mission / Worlali Senyo -- Best practice lessons and sources of further information / Richard Duncombe -- Index.

"This book shares research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global South. Growth of research in this field has been slower than the pace of change for practitioners, particularly in bringing socio-technical views of information technology and agricultural development perspectives together. The contents are therefore structured around three main themes: sharing information and knowledge for agricultural development, information and knowledge intermediaries, and facilitating change in agricultural systems and settings."--Back cover.

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