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Title:
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ICTS USAGE AMONG RURAL COMMUNITIES
IN THE INFORMATION AGE: A CASE STUDY OF SMALL
SCALE FARMERS IN EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE SOUTH
AFRICA |
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Author(s):
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Agyei Fosu and Darelle van Greunen |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-19-1 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Guo Chao Peng |
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Year:
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2020 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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ICTs, Information Age, Development, Small Scale Farmers |
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Type:
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Full |
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First Page:
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73 |
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Last Page:
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80 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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There is a mismatch between research output and farmers' ICT practices. In this case study in the former Transkei and
Ciskei Homelands, 48 small-scale farmers were approached to understand the factors that impede ICTs use to access
agricultural information. The farmers were found to use and see the usefulness of ICTs basically in terms of social
interactions and the most frequent used ICTs by respondents are mobile phone (100%) followed by radio (58.3%),
Television (18.8%), Internet (10.4%) and news paper (6.3%). There is a need to do an in-depth research about e-skills of
the farmers and other factors that may be causing hindrance to the usage of other recent advances of Internet and ICTs for
seeking information. |
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