This book aims to provide a comprehensive documentation of the National Policy on ICTs in agricultural extension, including ICT infrastructure and related issues. It also features case studies on innovative ICTs for agricultural extension initiatives, such as Village knowledge centres, information kiosks, mobile ICT units, web portals, digital databases and networks, rural telecentres, farmer call centres, mobile telephony, video conference, offline multimedia CDs, decision support systems, expert systems, innovative community radio and television programmes, and open distance learning. The book is relevant and useful to agricultural extension students, academicians, scientists, practitioners, administrators, and policy makers who seek a framework for designing and implementing sustainable ICT-enabled extension services for agricultural development. The case studies presented in this book are drawn from twenty-eight countries and will provide valuable insights into global experiments, innovations, and experiences with ICTs in agricultural extension.
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  • 1. Bangladesh/Rubaiya Ahmad.
  • 2. Caribbean Nations/Wayne G. Ganpat and Claudette de Freitas.
  • 3. Greece/Anastasios Michailidis.
  • 4. India/R. Saravanan.
  • 5. Iran/H. Shabanali Fami, Malihe Falaki and Javad Ghasemi.
  • 6. Ireland/Padraig Wims.
  • 7. Israel/E. Gelb, B. Gal and D. Wolfson.
  • 8. Japan/Masami Yamada.
  • 9. Jordan/Esmat Alkaradsheh, Asmahan Farred Hattar, Ashraf Saber Alhawamdeh and Samia Nadim Akroush.
  • 10. Nigeria/Olufemi Martins Adesope, Moses Okwusi and Ike Nwachukwu.
  • 11. Rwanda/Charles Karemangingo, Edward Mutandwa, Nathan Taremwa Kanuma and Frank Mugisha.
  • 12. Sri Lanka/Rohan Wijekoon and M.F.M. Rizwan.
  • 13. Sub Saharan Africa/Kristin Elizabeth Davis and Benjamin K. Addom.
  • 14. Sudan/Rafaa Ashamallah Ghobrial.
  • 15. Trinidad and Tobago/Edwin Joseph.
  • 16. Zimbabwe/Christopher Tafara Gadzirayi, Eliada Gudza, Godfrey Sibanda Title and Justin Mupinda.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9788119215065
Publisert
2010-06-15
Utgiver
New India Publishing Agency
Vekt
1260 gr
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
576

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Saravanan Raj, presently Director (Agricultural Extension), National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), (An Organization of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad- 500 030, India, formerly Incharge, School of Social Sciences, College of Postgraduate Studies, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India