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Agri kiosk: A Multi Model Technology Dissemination Tool – Kerala Experience
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled extension systems are acting as a key agent for changing agrarian situation and farmer’s lives by improving access to information and sharing knowledge. Many ICT enabled development interventions are in existence across the country, however info...
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| פורמט: | Printed Book |
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Journal of Global Communication
2016
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| גישה מקוונת: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005940.pdf |
| סיכום: | Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled extension systems are acting as a
key agent for changing agrarian situation and farmer’s lives by improving access to information and
sharing knowledge. Many ICT enabled development interventions are in existence across the
country, however information kiosks are found to be most effective for service delivery.Kiosks are
totally touch screen driven interactive devices with large icons displaying limited data supported by
graphics and animations. Local language is used though the system has multilingual capability and
has simple and clear navigation paths. In Kerala the touch screen kiosk was introduced through the
project, ‘Content development for Agri kiosk and networking through mobile SMS’ which was
initiated by Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture Vellayani. The content
development for the kiosk was carried out through different workshops and trainings and twelve
major cultivated crops like coconut, banana, rice etc. were selected for content development in
consultation with the Agricultural scientists of College of Agriculture, Vellayani. The data about
different aspects of crops were collected both in English and Malayalam and transferred into the
FLASH software with the help of data enablers. The completed software was installed in the kiosks
which were placed in 14 districts of Kerala and also in the four agricultural marketing outlets. A
feedback study was conducted using thirty respondents each from four districts of Kerala, which
shows that majority of the farmers had favorable attitude towards Kiosk. Most of them had utilized
the Malayalam version of the kiosk content and perception of farmers towards kiosk was positively
correlated with information dissemination ways, awareness source and effectiveness. Hence the
study shows that Agri kiosk is an interactive platform for dissemination of new technologies and it
act as a harbinger towards innovation dissemination. |
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| תיאור פיזי: | Special Issue 2016 |