scholarly journals KMAS as a Tool for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies in Nagaon District of Assam

2021 ◽  
pp. 290-294
Author(s):  
Sinki Barman ◽  
Niranjan Deka ◽  
Pallavi Deka
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Monthly Basis ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Technology Dissemination ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

Development of Agricultural and allied activities can be achieved through various approaches of Information and communication (ICT) tools. Kisan Mobile Advisory system (KMAS) is one of ICT approaches for dissemination of agricultural technologies to the farming community through SMSs. KVK, Nagaon created a registered farmers group and information related to crop production, insect pest control, dairy and poultry farming, fishery and other marketing related information was sent to users in monthly basis for many years. A sample size of 100 registered farmers were selected for the study in order to examine the impact of KMAS for technology dissemination in Nagaon district.  With the help of Pretested scheduled with Simple Random sampling data were collected and analyze in percent analysis. The survey showed that majority of the farmers found agricultural information as increase in knowledge (41.00%), partially applicable (73.00%).  The overall impact of the KMAS was low About at 55 percent, medium at 38 per cent and high at 7 per cent. Further they suggested that messages on latest technologies should be served flowed by local language, voice messages.

scholarly journals The impact of double mediation on market performance using information communication technology and market orientation

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Moch. Rizki Indra Pratama
Keyword(s):  
Market Orientation ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Used Car ◽  
The Impact

<p>Market performance is important to the company's development. This study examines the determinant factors of market performance through information and communication technology (ICT). The probability and simple random sampling methods were used to determine the sample. Furthermore, the research instrument was the questionnaire distributed personally to the respondents. The results show that the market performance of used car showroom MSMEs in the Malang was determined both directly and indirectly by information quality, eReadiness, use of ICTs, and market orientation, which is more dominant. The use of ICTs and market orientation fully and partially mediates the information quality and eReadiness on market performance, respectively.</p>

The impact of information and communication technologies on the economic efficiency of agricultural production

2021 ◽  
pp. 30-32
Author(s):  
E.G. Abdulla-Zade ◽  
◽  
R.E. Shertsel ◽  
A.I. Ivanus ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The State ◽  
Information Support ◽  
New Production ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Production Relations ◽  
The Impact

Questions and problems related to new production relations arising from the use of information and communication technologies in the technological processes of agricultural production (point farming, differentiation of information support through the reception, processing, presentation of information about the state of the soil, animals, the environment, etc.) between the object and the subject of management are investigated and analyzed. The system of collecting and wireless transmission of data on the state of the soil by means of mobile and stationary sensors with the subsequent analysis of information for making optimal management decisions in crop production is considered.

scholarly journals Effect of Information and Communication Technology on the Nigerian Economy: Evidence from the Banking Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Okanta, Sunday Ukeje
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Machine Component ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

This paper investigated the impact of information and communication technology on the Nigerian economy, taking evidence from the banking sector. Ordinary least squares method of regression for the period 2004-2017 was employed. Generally, the paper found that there was positive relationship between bank related information and communication technology components used and economic growth, except the automated teller machine component, under a fixed effect modeling. However, using the Breusch Godfrey (BG) dynamic modeling to remove serial autocorrelation, the paper revealed that only the mobile banking payment component positively and significantly affected the gross domestic product. On the basis of the findings, the researcher recommended that the Central Bank of Nigeria, banks and stakeholders should collaborate to strengthen the information and communication infrastructures and security systems in the country to reduce frauds, make the environment user friendly and improve public confidence.

scholarly journals Analysis of environmental problems of crop production and ways to solve them

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 01025
Author(s):  
Yuri Shirokov ◽  
Valery Tikhnenko
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Machine Operators ◽  
Biotechnical System ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Threat Environment

The article deals with engineering and technological problems of improving the environmental safety of crop production as a complex biotechnical system, for the environment, consumers of crop production and machine operators who ensure production in the field. It is noted that the impact of agriculture on the environment and humans is not only promoting global warming, participation in environmental pollution by pesticides and undigested remnants of mineral and organic fertilizers, the pollution of the production of field crops with residual amounts of pesticides and food is not absorbed nitrogen, toxic threat environment in the area of the machine, but unsustainable use of non-renewable resources, the availability of which depend on agricultural technologies. The main directions of minimizing environmental pollution and reducing dependence on non-renewable resources as a result of agricultural activities are shown.

scholarly journals Effect of Information and Communication Technology on the Nigerian Economy: Evidence from the Banking Sector

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Machine Component ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

This paper investigated the impact of information and communication technology on the Nigerian economy, taking evidence from the banking sector. Ordinary least squares method of regression for the period 2004-2017 was employed. Generally, the paper found that there was positive relationship between bank related information and communication technology components used and economic growth, except the automated teller machine component, under a fixed effect modeling. However, using the Breusch Godfrey (BG) dynamic modeling to remove serial autocorrelation, the paper revealed that only the mobile banking payment component positively and significantly affected the gross domestic product. On the basis of the findings, the researcher recommended that the Central Bank of Nigeria, banks and stakeholders should collaborate to strengthen the information and communication infrastructures and security systems in the country to reduce frauds, make the environment user friendly and improve public confidence.

scholarly journals Bioacoustics Reveal Species-Rich Avian Communities Exposed to Organophosphate Insecticides in Macadamia Orchards

Birds ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-52
Author(s):  
Eduardo Crisol-Martínez ◽  
Laura T. Moreno-Moyano ◽  
Finbarr G. Horgan
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Organophosphate Insecticide ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Matrix Habitats ◽  
The Impact

Organophosphates are the most widely used insecticide class in agriculture. The effects of organophosphates on insectivorous birds can potentially reduce the capacity of these birds to regulate insect pest populations as well as jeopardizing the survival of vulnerable bird species in matrix habitats. In this study, we investigated the diversity of birds inhabiting commercial macadamia orchards in Australia and assessed community-wide exposure of birds to an organophosphate insecticide (trichlorfon). We also studied the impact of trichlorfon on arthropods, and how this affected bird activity. We used a novel approach, combining bird acoustic surveys, and three different arthropod trapping devices. Birds and arthropods were surveyed immediately before and after a trichlorfon application, in sprayed and unsprayed orchards, at six different sites. Surveys showed that trichlorfon applications produced no changes in bird activity, either at the species or community level. Only one species (Lichmera indistincta) showed a significant increase in acoustic activity after treatment. These results indicate that several (62) bird species, some of which have been noted as undergoing regional decline, are exposed to trichlorfon applications. Additionally, trichlorfon applications also produced rapid, negative impacts on certain arthropod groups, particularly spiders. Because almost (80%) of the bird species recorded in the study include arthropods in their diets, then arthropod contaminated by trichlorfon are likely consumed by these orchard-dwelling birds. We recommend that pest management should incorporate strategies to reduce wildlife exposure to toxic chemicals to meet the joint goals of crop production and wildlife conservation in structurally complex agricultural habitats.

Cyber-Behaviors and Development Impacts in Latin America

2012 ◽  
pp. 1250-1263
Author(s):  
Alberto Chong ◽  
Cecilia de Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Related Information ◽  
What Works ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

While the current scientific literature is quite scarce for most of the developing world, several leading researchers have made great strides in understanding the role of cyber technologies and related information and communication technologies (ICT) in economic development. A good proportion of this work lays on interventions in the regions of South Asia and Africa. However, cyber-behavior research focused on Latin America has been very limited. Very recently, a group of researchers took a bold step to apply rigorous statistical tools in a systematic way to evaluate how these technologies contributed to the success of several development projects in the region of Latin America. This chapter draws on several of the background papers of the book “Development Connections: Unveiling the Impact of Information Technologies,” edited by Alberto Chong, as well as some of the book’s chapters. It summarizes a number of specific cyber-interventions in the areas of finance, education and poverty-reduction that took place in Latin America and that may lead to a better understanding of the impact of interventions to know what works, what does not, and why.

Financial Inclusion, Content, and Information Technologies in Latin America

2019 ◽  
pp. 392-402
Author(s):  
Alberto Chong ◽  
Cecilia de Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Related Information ◽  
What Works ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Impact

While the current scientific literature is quite scarce for most of the developing world, several leading researchers have made great strides in understanding the role of cyber technologies and related information and communication technologies (ICT) in economic development. A good proportion of this work lays on interventions in the regions of South Asia and Africa. However, cyber-behavior research focused on Latin America has been very limited. Recently, some researchers have taken steps to apply rigorous statistical tools in a systematic way to evaluate how these technologies contributed to the success of several development projects in the region of Latin America. In this chapter, the authors summarize a number of specific cyber-interventions that have taken place in Latin America and that may lead to a better understanding of the impact of interventions to know what works, what does not, and why. The common thread of all the existing cyber-behavior research is that tools must go hand in hand with high quality messaging and content for them to be fully effective.

Risk factors for the rice crop farming community in China: a documentary analysis of the challenges during post COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahsan Niaz ◽  
Muhammad Mujtaba Asad ◽  
Amir. A. Abdulmuhsin ◽  
Musa Shavanov ◽  
Prathamesh Churi
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Rice Crop ◽  
Community Safety ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Agriculture Industry ◽  
The Impact

PurposePandemics always have an impact on everything; for wildlife it is somehow positive and for human health and safety it is negative. But yet there is not any critique on its impact on the agriculture sector and farmer community. The world is not aware of the hazards which will be caused by crop loss. On the globe the largest country by population is China, where natives in China consume rice as staple food. In past few years, it was among the highest rice producing and consuming countries. Rice is planted in February to May mostly in China, and rice crop production is strongly dependent on preplanting activates which farmers are unable to perform because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread and the need to follow safety measures. So, the purpose of this documentary analysis is to indicate the impact of coronavirus disease on the agricultural sector in China specifically for rice production.Design/methodology/approachIn this article, a documentary analysis approach has been utilized. Moreover, due to the new and latest issue, not much research has been published in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic impact on the agriculture industry in China. Whereas, several online reports and expert reviews have been reviewed which have been published in online platforms and blogs websites. A total of 45 resources (journal articles, expert reviews) have been downloaded from reputed databases such as Scopus and Web of Science, out of which 31 of them were more relevant and related to the context of study.FindingsThe outcome based on this study has indicated that the rice cultivators and farmers are in uncertainty and not comfortable to work in their fields without proper safety measures due to the pandemic situation which will badly affect their lives and the economy of the country. Therefore, this study suggests that to overcome this issue, a proper safety framework is needed to be developed which can be implemented and which can facilitate the rice farming community.Practical implicationsAgriculture is important in so many ways including providing employment to the bulk of the population and providing the basic necessity of life and also contributing to the national economy. The outcome of this study will facilitate the agricultural scientist, economist and seasonal crop production stakeholders to indicate the most problematic domain and upcoming challenges faced by the rice farming community in China due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Originality/valueThis is the first documentary analysis which is addressing the current issues due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the agriculture industry and specifically in the rice cultivation and producing community safety concerns and issues in China which is the first and most affected nation due to the coronavirus.

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