E-agriculture and rural development global innovations and future prospects /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Maumbe, Blessing M., 1966-, Patrikakis, Charalampos Z.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2013.
• Subjects: Agricultural innovations > Developing countries.; Internet in agriculture > Developing countries.; Communication in agriculture > Developing countries.; Communication in rural development > Developing countries.; Agribusiness; Agriculture value chain; E-agriculture; E-value creation; Geospatial data infrastructure; Global e-agriculture; Information and communication technology; Market information services projects; Rural development
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"This book is a comprehensive collection of research on the emerging trends and advances in the global application of information and communication technology use in agriculture and rural development"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Global e-agriculture and rural development: e-value creation, implementation challenges, and future directions / Blessing Maumbe
• ICT-based market information services (MIS) projects, deployment environment, and performance: experiences from KACE and DrumNet projects in Kenya / Julius Juma Okello
• Using ICT to overcome constraints in the agriculture value chain: emerging trends in Ghana / Siegfried Kofi Debrah, Isaac Kwadwo Asare
• Geospatial data infrastructure (GDI) for sharing agro-climatic information to improve agricultural productivity in Nigeria / A. Ayanlade ... [et al.]
• ICT and unemployment in Nigeria: implication on nigerian GDP / N.D. Oye, Inuwa Ibrahim, Muhammad Shakil Ahmad
• ICT in agricultural development: its diffusion and adoption pattern in Nigeria's agricultural system / O. A. Lawal-Adebowale
• Impact of information and communication technology on livestock production: the experience of rural farmers in Nigeria / O. Anie Sylvester
• Marketing strategies for e-government and e-agriculture services in South Africa: the case of Cape Gateway project / Blessing Maumbe, V. Owei
• Understanding the information security landscape in South Africa: implications for strategic collaboration and policy development / Blessing Maumbe, Vesper T. Owei
• Enhanced knowledge management: knowledge centers for extension communication and agriculture development in Ethiopia / Abebe Shiferaw ... [et al.]
• Situational analysis of the status of e-agriculture in Tamil Nadu, India / P Senthil Priya, N. Mathiyalagan
• Information and communication technology and its potential to transform Indian agriculture / Saurabh Singh
• ICT based pest management system for sustainable pulse production: a case study / O P Sharma ... [et al.]
• ICTs in agribusinesses: opportunities for extranet services to provide information to farmers / Pádraig Wims
• Implementation of e-learning in forest workers' training for sustainable forest management / Petros A. Tsioras
• Soft computing modeling of wild fire risk indices: the risk profile of peloponnesus region in Greece / L. Iliadis, T. Betsidou
• Information and communication technology uses in agriculture: agribusiness industry opportunities and future challenges / Tizita Alemayehu Wasihun, Blessing Maumbe.