ICT-based agricultural extension initiatives: A review

Abstract

Agricultural extension delivers quality services to producers in the remote areas. Due to rapidly change of modernizing farming systems, public delivery of extension services in developing countries is sometimes perceived as superseded. The rising food prices have pushed people back into poverty. The gloable population expected to hit billion by 2050, and demand for food pressure on already fragile resources. Feeding that population will require a 70 per cent increases on food production. So that agriculture face a range of modern and serious challenge, particularly in developeing countries exposed to price shocks, climate change in rural areas. In this instance that ICT play a vital role in assisiting farmers to meed the demand for increased food production. In this context that ICTs and its plafforms play a crucial role in helping people meet the demand for increased food production. ICTs can play a very crucial role by disseminating information to farmers to help them make better well informed decisions. Through ICTs people can obtain the latest up-to-date information, learn and practice sustainable farming. It is in this regard that seven case studies have been documented in this report to understand the various unique pathways through which ICTs can play a crucial role in promoting agricultural development.