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Diffusion of Old Information and Communication Technologies in Disseminating Agricultural Knowledge: An Analysis of Farmers’ Income
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Bibhunandini Das --- ,This paper analyses the role of old information and communication technologies (ICTs) in knowledge dissemination and the economic outcome of ICT use by farmers. Based on the National Sample Survey data, the paper examines two issues – the role of... -
Exploring student perceptions and experiences of ICT-enhanced formative assessment in an undergraduate management accounting course
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: K. J. Barnard --- Department of Accounting, South Africa M. Mostert --- Centre for Higher Education, Research, Teaching and Learning, South AfricaThe central role of assessment in driving student learning has been well argued in the literature. In particular, continuous formative assessment with timely feedback helps motivate students to work consistently, while the addition of just-in-time support may further motivate and... -
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Attract Youth into Profitable Agriculture in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: K. R. G. Irungu --- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya D. Mbugua --- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya J. Muia --- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, KenyaYouth cherish technology, efficiency and innovations and accommodate entrepreneurial risks. The objectives of this study were to show the beneficial use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in agriculture among the youth in Kenya, assessed ICT application and commonly used... -
ICT4D and the Siyakhula Living Lab: an anthropological contribution to digital development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Robin Palmer --- Rhodes University, South AfricaAnthropologists are increasingly interested in the reception and adaptation of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) at the local level, especially when these are intended or adapted for social change in the kinds of societies and communities anthropologists study. The process... -
Adverse social, nutrition and health conditions in rural districts of the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: S. Schoeman --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, South Africa M. Faber --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, South Africa V. Adams --- Currently from Scifest, South Africa C. Smuts --- School for Physiology, Nutrition and Consumer Science, Potchefstroom N. Ford-Ngomane --- Health Systems Trust, South Africa J. Laubscher --- Biostatistics Unit, South Africa M. Dhansay --- Currently from Executive Research Directorate, South AfricaObjective: This study determined the socio-demographic, nutritional and health status of children and their caregivers in two rural districts in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and one rural district in the Eastern Cape (EC), South Africa. -
Potentials of leys or pasture-based forage production in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Saheed Olaide Jimoh --- , China Yunusa Muhammad Ishiaku --- , Nigeria Tracy Burnett --- , United States Ahmed Adeyemi Amisu --- , Nigeria Rasheed Adekunle Adebayo --- , South AfricaFulani pastoralists are widely distributed across the six geographical zones of Nigeria and migrate from north to south in search of natural grazing lands at times of forage scarcity. This migration leads annually to resource use conflict and deadly attacks... -
Unintended consequences of technology-enabled work activities experienced by healthcare professionals in tertiary hospitals of sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluwamayowa Ogundaini --- , South Africa Retha de la Harpe --- , South Africa Nyx McLean --- , South AfricaThe unintended consequences experienced by healthcare professionals while using health ICTs at points-of-care are disruptive to their work activities. Failure to address these consequences inhibits efforts to support the delivery of quality healthcare services in hospital settings. Hence, the aim... -
Transhumance pastoralism in West Africa – its importance, policies and challenges
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Eric Cofie Timpong-Jones --- Livestock and Poultry Research Centre (LIPREC), University of Ghana, Ghana Igshaan Samuels --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Felix Owusu Sarkwa --- Livestock and Poultry Research Centre (LIPREC), University of Ghana, Ghana Kwame Oppong-Anane --- Oporhu Agricultural and Rural Development Consultancy Ltd, Ghana Ayodele Oluwakemi Majekodumni --- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), NigeriaThe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recognises transhumance pastoralism as a beneficial livestock production system that can contribute to food security together with economic and political stability. Thus, the subregional bloc put together the ECOWAS Protocol on Transhumance... -
Towards the digitalization of poultry industry in Nigeria: An investigation of farmers’ knowledge and practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Khadijat O. Olanrewaju --- Osun State University, Nigeria Olaide K. Akintunde --- Osun State University, Nigeria Moshood A. Popoola --- Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria Ahmed O. Busari --- Osun State University, Nigeria Moses O. Omotosho --- Osun State University, NigeriaThe array of digital technologies portends huge significance for up-scaling poultry enterprises for optimized efficiency and productivity. The study investigated poultry farmers’ knowledge and the technicality of their practices concerning digital technologies. Members of the Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria... -
Cooperation in common property resource management: A group engagement approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Evans Shoko --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa Bongani Ncube --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South AfricaThis study explored motivational cooperative behaviour types as a communal resource in a rural Zimbabwean setting. Using the group engagement model, the study examined motivational cooperative behaviour types in managing in managing water resources. Thirty community residents of Mhondoro-Ngezi District...