ICT-enabled knowledge sharing in support of extension: addressing the agrarian challenges of the developing world threatened by climate change, with a case study from India

    Balaji, V and Meera, N and Dixit, S (2007) ICT-enabled knowledge sharing in support of extension: addressing the agrarian challenges of the developing world threatened by climate change, with a case study from India. Journal of SAT Agricultural Research, 4 (1). pp. 1-18.

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    Abstract

    The need for improved agricultural extension throughout the developing world has never been greater. Agricultural and rural development and hence rural extension continue to be in a phase of transition in this part of the world. The vulnerability of farming in the developing world to climate change, to changes in natural resources quality (including desertification over large tracts),and lack of coping and adaptation strategies at micro and macro levels of decision making are all well documented, while globalization of commodity trade offers a mix of opportunities as well as challenges. The role of extension and support systems in this background is undergoing profound changes while no unified alternative framework has emerged (Eicher, 2007). In this paper, we offer some suggestions on building new and more effective linkages between research and extension sub systems in agricultural knowledge systems, with a range of information and communication technologies offering platforms and mediation services. The focus is on assessing the effect of improved information access and development of human capacity in supporting extension processes at the micro-level.

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    Subjects: Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
    Depositing User: Library ICRISAT
    Date Deposited: 27 Oct 2011 08:35
    Last Modified: 27 Oct 2011 08:35
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/2604
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