ICT in Agriculture (Updated Edition)

Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, and Institutions

World Bank

• Publisher: World Bank
• Year: 2017
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9781464810022
• Subtopic: Agriculture
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Information and communication technology (ICT) has always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people have grown crops, raised livestock, and caught fish, they have sought information from one another. Today, ICT represents a tremendous opportunity for rural populations to improve productivity, to enhance food and nutrition security, to access markets, and to find employment opportunities in a revitalized sector. ICT has unleashed incredible potential to improve agriculture, and it has found a foothold even in poor smallholder farms. ICT in Agriculture, Updated Edition is the revised version of the popular ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook, first launched in 2011 and designed to support practitioners, decision makers, and development partners who work at the intersection of ICT and agriculture. Our hope is that this updated Sourcebook will be a practical guide to understanding current trends, implementing appropriate interventions, and evaluating the impact of ICT interventions in agricultural programs.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• OVERVIEW OF ICT IN AGRICULTURE: OPPORTUNITIES, ACCESS, AND CROSSCUTTING THEMES
• Module 1 Introduction: ICT in Agricultural Development
• Module 2 Making ICT Infrastructure, Appliances, and Services More Accessible and Affordable in Rural Areas
• Module 3 Anytime, Anywhere: Mobile Devices and Services and Their Impact on Agriculture and Rural Development
• Module 4 Extending the Benefits—Gender-Equitable, ICT-Enabled Agricultural Development
• ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY ON THE FARM
• Module 5 Increasing Crop, Livestock, and Fishery Productivity Through ICT
• Module 6 ICTs, Digital Tools, and Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
• Module 7 Broadening Smallholders’ Access to financial Services through ICT
• Module 8 Farmer Organizations Work Better With ICT
• ASSESSING MARKETS AND VALUE CHAINS
• Module 9 Strengthening Agricultural Market Access with ICT
• Module 10 ICT Applications for Agricultural Risk Management
• Module 11 Global Markets, Global Challenges: Improving Food Safety and Traceability while Empowering Smallholders through ICT
• IMPROVING PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION
• Module 12 Strengthening Rural Governance, Institutions, and Citizen Participation Using ICT
• Module 13 ICT for Land Administration and Management
• Module 14 Using ICT to Improve Forest Governance
• Module 15 Using ICT for Remote Sensing, Crowdsourcing, and Big Data to Unlock the Potential of Agricultural Data
• Glossary
• LIST OF FIGURES
• LIST OF IMAGES
• LIST OF TABLES
• LIST OF BOXES