The rapid diffusion of mobile and wireless technologies is transforming agricultural development globally. In South Africa, rural e-government service delivery has been hampered by low Internet penetration. Mobile government offers a promising alternative to deliver public services to remote rural communities. In this regard, the author examines the potential of mobile and wireless technologies...

We live in digital society. This is evidenced by the extensive use of information technology in all spheres of life. Digital Society is not just a technology, but a comprehensive social organization, where the information and its exchange play a major role. In this article, we present successes of Estonia’s digital agenda and argue for coordinated farmercentered actions for digitization of agri...

Maria Feligini1*, Vlatka Cubric-Curik2, Pietro Parma1, Ino Curik3, Gian Franco Greppi1,4 and Giuseppe Enne1,5 Istituto Sperimentale Italiano »Lazzaro Spallanzani«, Laboratorio di Epigenomica Applicata (LEA), Via Giovanni XXIII, I-26900 Lodi, Italy Dairy Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb, Sveto{imunska 25, HR-10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Animal Science Department, Faculty...

Welch, R. M., Cary, E. E., J. Agric. Food Chem. 23, 479 (1975). of Agriculture Cooperative Agreement No. 12-14-100-11,178 (61), Amendment 1. Mention of a trademark or proprietary product does not constitute a guarantee or warranty of the product by the US. Department of Agriculture, and does not imply its approval to the exclusion of other products that may also be suitable. Received for review...

This paper presents a framework of the evolution of information and communication technology (ICT) applications in agriculture and rural development based on comparative experiences of South Africa and Kenya. The framework posits that full deployment of ICT in agriculture and rural development will be a culmination of several phases of changes that starts with e-government policy design, develo...

1 Mention of trade names or commercial products in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2U .S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Gene Evaluation and Mapping Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, and3 National Institute of Animal Industry, Tsukuba No...

FOR TRADE INFORMATION SERVICES ID=39115 2007 F-11 ORG International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) Organic Farming and Climate Change. Geneva: ITC, 2007. 27 p. Doc. No. MDS-08-152.E Study focusing on organic agriculture and mitigation and adaptation to predictable and unpredictable impacts of climate change looks at the general contribution of agricultu...

Arkansas agriculture teachers (N=259) were surveyed to obtain information needed by a planning committee studying the issue of science credit for agriculture. Objectives were to determine: (a) the level of support for granting science credit for agriculture; (b) teachers' support for methods of granting science credit for agriculture for agriculture; (c) teachers' support for methods of certify...

a Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy; b Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland; c Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos (INTA), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; d Nutrition and Public Health Intervention Research Unit, London ...