Sources of information and information seeking behavior of smallholder farmers of Tanqa Abergelle Wereda, central zone of Tigray, Ethiopia

G Brhane, Y Mammo… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2017 - academicjournals.org
Smallholder farmers have different information seeking behaviors which are changing
through time. However, as far as the authors' knowledge is concerned, there is no research …

Information behaviour of rural smallholder farmers in some selected developing countries: A literature review

A Phiri, GT Chipeta… - Information …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The literature from some selected developing countries has demonstrated that rural
smallholder farmers need various information sources in pursuit of their goals of increasing …

[PDF][PDF] Information needs and seeking behavior of farmers in Southern Ethiopia

D Kaske - Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 2020 - core.ac.uk
Information is an important factor in agricultural development. The study investigated
farmers' agricultural information needs and seeking behavior in the Southern Regional State …

Assessing the information seeking behaviour and utilization of rice farmers in the Ejisu-Juaben municipality of Ashanti Region of Ghana

LD Acheampong, B Nsiah Frimpong… - Agriculture & Food …, 2017 - Springer
Background A significant gap exists between advances in technologies in agriculture and
what Ghanaian farmers practice on their farms. This paper examines rice farmers' …

Policy issues in meeting rice farmers agricultural information needs in Niger State

D Tologbonse, O Fashola, M Obadiah - Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2008 - ajol.info
The study aimed at assessing rice farmers agricultural information needs and the constraints
faced in sourcing for information. Primary data were collected through field survey from 5 out …

[PDF][PDF] Women farmers' agricultural information need and search behaviour in North Central Nigeria

OD Soyemi - Information and Knowledge Management, 2014 - academia.edu
Women farmers play immeasurable role in Nigerian food production, although motivation for
participating in agriculture is first to contribute to household food security and income. To …

Agricultural information needs of small holder farmers in central agricultural zone of Nasarawa State

ES Salau, ND Saingbe, MN Garba - Journal of Agricultural extension, 2013 - ajol.info
This study was conducted in the Central agricultural zone of Nasarawa State to investigate
the level of farmers' access and use of agricultural information. Data for the study were …

Information needs and barriers of rural smallholder farmers in developing countries: A case study of rural smallholder farmers in Malawi

A Phiri, GT Chipeta… - Information …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of the study was to investigate the information needs and barriers of rural
smallholder farmers in Mzimba North in Malawi. A mixed methods approach was adopted for …

Enhancing farmers' access to and use of agricultural information for empowerment and improved livelihoods: a case of Morogoro region, Tanzania

DS Matovelo - 2008 - repository.costech.or.tz
This study aimed at exploring and testing an intervention that could stimulate and promote
the practice of proactive information acquisition by farmers as a strategy for empowerment …

Challenges smallholder farmers face in extracting value from agricultural information

D Muhanguzi, J Ngubiri - … African Journal of …, 2022 - digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu
Agricultural information can enhance smallholder farmers' knowledge and decision-making
ability, where the ubiquity of ICTs has resulted in an exponential increase of ICT based …