An ICT-Based Extension Services’ Adoption Model for Public Extension Officers: A Case in Mali

System Design and ICT Adoption in Agricultural Extension Services Delivery in Tanzania

The major purpose of this chapter is to explore the options of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to complement conventional agricultural extension services in Tanzania. Group discussions and meetings were conducted to investigate the role of ICTs in extension services delivery using CATWOE framework of Soft Systems Methodology. The findings of the study reveal that the use of SS...

Harnessing ICT for agricultural extension

special series on agricultural advisory services Can agricultural extension1 systems deliver quality services to smallholder producers, often in remote areas? Yes, there is evidence that this is achieved in some developing and emerging economies. But this is by no means a common practice, and many extension systems continue to struggle with weak performance. This series of six papers seeks to u...

An Extension of Technology Acceptance Model: Analysis of the Adoption of Mobile Data Services in China

Mobile data services are entering into all aspects of people’s life and are expected to be an important revenue source of telecom carriers. Nevertheless, the acceptance pace of mobile data services is slower than the expected level projected by the telecommunication industry. This research investigated the reason that people use mobile data services in China. Combined with subscribers’ experien...

Extension and Advisory Services Rural Extension Services for Agricultural Transformation

The Need for a Strong Public-Private Linkage in Agricultural Extension System (Case Study: Sari Township, Iran)

Relationship between public and private sector is becoming an increasingly important issue in management of agricultural extension services. The need for a strong linkage could be identified as the gap between desirable and current situation. In this research, the differences among current and desirable situation in six diverse dimensions was calculated. The current and desirable situation was ...