Impact of information and communication technology (e-agriculture) on agriculture and rural development

Abstract

This paper presents a review of the different study done by different researchers. Regarding impact of information and communication technology on agriculture and rural development after knowing the research done by various researcher, investigator and experts concluded that ICTs play a vital role in sustainable agriculture and rural development; rural community development. ICTs have remarkable contribution towards improvement of economic and social development of over all the world. In developing country like India, to create information to empower poor people, sustainable development of rural area dissemination of ICT in major level of rural villages is necessary further, Agricultural extension is an educational service which brings information and new technologies to farming communities to enable them improve their agriculture production, yearly incomes and level of living. With the problem that extension agents face in facilitating direct contact with farmer and with researchers due to the physical distances involved and lack of transportation needed for their mobility, the application of Information and Communication Technologies offers excellent possibilities in agriculture development and also development of rural areas. This review paper presents the background introduction, survey, literature review and analysis of information systems in agriculture and rural development. The usefulness of information for agriculture, sources of agricultural information, types of information necessity for agricultural development, problems of dissemination of agricultural information are discussed in this review paper.