What is it about?
We investigated farmers' perceptions and their effects on ICTs’ use by small-scale cereal farmers in developing countries.
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Why is it important?
Agriculture constitutes the backbone of developing countries’ economy. However, low productivity characterised the agricultural activities. A sustainable agricultural intensification is necessary to reach better food security levels. Such objective cannot be achieved without the greater adoption of inputs that permit an increase of the yield [3]. Agricultural inputs access and use depend largely on the availability of information. That information can be disseminated by ICT (mobile phone). The perception of ICTs by farmers influence their use of ICTs on Agricultural input information.
Perspectives
From our results, it is important to focus on perceived relative advantage, compatibility and simplicity of ICTs on agricultural input information to realise more use of ICTs and therefore for more contribution in the access and use of agricultural input information as the basis for the increase of the productivity of cereal crops. Further inquiry could be for instance to test these factors in other developing countries and for other crops.
Dr Macire Kante
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This page is a summary of: Farmers' perceptions of ICTs and its effects on access and use of agricultural input information in developing countries: Case of Sikasso, Mali, May 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
DOI: 10.23919/istafrica.2017.8101973.
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