ICTs for Agricultural Extension: Global Experiments,Innovations and Experiences_Inact

by R. Saravanan

ISBN: 9789351244974
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Imprint : NIPA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 11500.00
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Author Profile

R. Saravanan: Incharge, School of Social Sciences, College of Postgraduate Studies, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India

About The Book

This book is an attempt to document the National Policy on ICTs in agricultural extension, ICT infrastructure scenario and related issues, case studies on innovative ICTs for agricultural extension initiatives (Village knowledge centres, information kiosks, mobile ICT units, web portals, digital data base and networks, rural tele centres, farmer call centres, mobile telephony, video conference, offline multimedia CDs, decision support systems, expert systems, innovative community radio and television programmes, open distance learning etc. The agricultural extension students, academicians, scientists, practitioners, administrators and policy makers will find this compilation of the "ICTs for Agricultural Extension: Global Experiments, Innovations and Experiences" from twenty eight countries relevant to providing a framework for the design and implementation of sustainable ICT-enabled extension services for the agricultural development.

Table of Contents

"Preface List of Contributors General Outline of the Country Wise Chapters Common Understanding of the Terms Used in the Chapters Chapter-1 : BANGLADESH Rubaiya Ahmad Chapter-2 : CARIBBEAN NATIONS Wayne G. Ganpat and Claudette de Freitas Chapter-3 : GREECE Anastasios Michailidis Chapter-4 : INDIA R. Saravanan Chapter-5 : IRAN H. Shabanali Fami, Malihe Falaki and Javad Ghasemi Chapter-6 : IRELAND Pádraig Wims Chapter-7 : ISRAEL E. Gelb, B. Gal and D. Wolfson Chapter-8 : JAPAN Masami Yamada Chapter-9 : JORDAN Esmat AlKaradsheh, Asmahan Farred Hattar, Ashraf Saber Alhawamdeh and Samia Nadim Akroush Chapter-10 : NIGERIA Olufemi Martins Adesope, Moses Okwusi and Ike Nwachukwu Chapter-11 : RWANDA Charles Karemangingo, Edward Mutandwa, Nathan Taremwa Kanuma and Frank Mugisha Chapter-12 : SRI LANKA Rohan Wijekoon and M.F.M. Rizwan Chapter-13 : SUB SAHARAN AFRICA Kristin Elizabeth Davis and Benjamin K Addom Chapter-14 : SUDAN Rafaa Ashamallah Ghobrial Chapter-15 : TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Edwin Joseph Chapter-16 : ZIMBABWE Christopher Tafara Gadzirayi, Eliada Gudza, Godfrey Sibanda Title and Justin Mupinda"