Browsing by Subject "ICT in Agriculture"

Changing Roles of Agricultural Extension: Harnessing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Adapting to Stresses Envisaged Under Climate Change

Meera, Shaik N; Balaji, Venkataraman; Muthuraman, P; Sailaja, B; Dixit, S (2011)

The linkages between agriculture and climate are pronounced and often complex. Agricultural systems are most sensitive to extreme climatic events such as droughts, floods and hailstorms, and to seasonal variability and ...
Evaluation of RADA Text Messages on Agricultural Disaster Risk Management (ADRM)

K’nIfe, K’adamawe (Youth Crime Watch/Office of Social Entrepreneurship, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 2012-12)

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is implementing a project in L3F funded by COL. One activity of the project is the use of text messages to advise farmers across Jamaica on steps to avoid or minimize the ...
Using Information and Communications Technology for Agricultural Extension

Maru, Ajit; Latchem, Colin (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2005)

Agriculture is the mainstay of many low-income or developing nations’ economies and exports, and provides for the livelihoods of billions of smallholders. These smallholder farmers face low or reducing crop yields and ...