Assessing Mobile Technology Usage for Knowledge Dissemination among Farmers in Punjab

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 668-676

  Jain, Lokesh ^a   Kumar, Harish ^b   Singla, R K ^c  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

agricultural information system; ICT in agriculture; information dissemination; soft computing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; SOFT COMPUTING; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; AGRICULTURE-RELATED; KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION; MARKET OPPORTUNITIES; MASS COMMUNICATION; POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES; SOFTCOMPUTING TECHNIQUES;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84943813474     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2013.874325     Document Type: Article

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