The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Preventing Election-Related Violence in Kenya, 2013

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 111-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Horacio R. Trujillo ◽  
David Elam ◽  
Gabriel Shapiro ◽  
Malcolm Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Mass Violence ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Role Of Information

Abstract Leading up to the Kenyan presidential elections of 2013, observers around the world were preoccupied by the potential for mass violence similar to that which erupted following the 2007 presidential election. Yet, the 2013 elections were largely unmarred by violence. A notable characteristic of the Kenyan 2013 elections was the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in various public and private efforts to address the threat of violence related to the elections. In our exploration of how ICT contributed to the mitigation of election-related violence in the 2013 Kenyan elections, we find useful the models of violence as contagion and collective efficacy as essential for violence prevention.

Achievements and Challenges in Agricultural Extension in India

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Ferroni ◽  
Yuan Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Harvest Management ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Yield Gaps ◽  
Agriculture Extension ◽  
Role Of Information

The purpose of extension is to disseminate advice to farmers. Knowledge gaps contribute to yield gaps. Services and quality inputs are essential productivity-enhancing tools. However, their optimum use requires knowledge. Farmers also need information on prices and markets, post-harvest management, produce quality determinants, and safety standards. Some farmers marshal knowledge themselves. The “resource-poor” majority, growers of much of India’s food, need external, science-based, extension to complement local knowledge. Much debate focuses on how best to achieve the desired outcomes that extension can convey. Many countries have neglected extension and indeed agriculture as a whole. But interest appears to be returning globally, and India is no exception. In 2009, a National Seminar on Agriculture Extension discussed knowledge management, convergence of extension systems, the role of information and communication technology and mass media, private sector initiatives including public–private partnerships, and farmer- and market-led extension systems. This article builds on that discussion. It looks at extension in relation to both primary production and market links, and acknowledges the contributions of all providers of extension, public and private.

Digital Business Transformations

2021 ◽  
pp. 173-195
Author(s):  
Diego Matricano
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Role Of Information ◽  
Managerial Perspective

This chapter is designed with the aim of analyzing digital business transformations (i.e., digital transformations that companies decide to start in order to respond to market changes). Nowadays, these changes are due to the affirmation of a new paradigm of doing business that is strongly characterized by the role of information and communications technologies (ICT) and information and communication infrastructures (ICI). This has led to the point that digital business transformations are increasingly being considered as a topic exclusively related to information technology and engineering fields of research. In contrast with the above promise, the present research aims to investigate digital business transformations according to a managerial perspective that is often sacrificed in practice. The preponderant role of technologies often leads—in an incorrect way—to neglect the basic concepts of management that, on the other hand, persist in change and, indeed, constitute the backbone of change itself.

ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
R. P. BAIN ◽  
D. P. RAI ◽  
SIDDARTH NAYAK
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Role Of Information

If we want to convert our rural population into knowledge driven, progressive, self sufficient, self reliant, sustainable society, the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) cannot be ignored. Timely availability information is considered as most important factor in Indian agriculture. At present ICT is the technology of this millennium. Transferring the developed technology to all end users is time-consuming and tiresome task and is often not completed due to paucity of resources and lack of manpower. In India, agriculture and rural development has gained significantly from ICT due to its widespread extension and adoption. In this era of internet, ICT is committed to provide real, timely accurate authentic information to the farmers and rural peoples.

THE IMPACT OF ICT IN MARKETING LIBRARY SERVICES IN ACADEMIC LIBRARY

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-156
Author(s):  
Salamatu Baba ◽  
◽  
Dikuma Ibrahim ◽  
Sanda Grema ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Role Of Information ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Made In

In order to promote utilizing the available resource made in any library information has to be taken to the door step of a clientele a such information and communication technology will serve as a catalyst in doing that. This paper has explored the role of information and communication technology ICT in academia and as well as the strategies used in propagating the available services in an academic library this is because tailor made information it is highly required so as to avoid wasting the precious time of academicians and this can be only achieving with the help of information and communication technology software, therefore, descriptive method was adopted in the methodology of this study.

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