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"