Asynch-NET: Footstep for Always-On e-Services in the Rural Areas of Developing Countries: Case Study-Tanzania

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Greyson ◽  
M. Kissaka ◽  
D. Haule ◽  
V. Ndume
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Areas

Community Networks for Addressing Affordability of ICT Access in African Rural Areas

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Takavarasha Jr. ◽  
Carl Adams ◽  
Liezel Cilliers
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Community Networks ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Digital Divides ◽  
Global North ◽  
Vexed Question

Mobile ICTs have addressed the digital divides between the global south and the global north. While a phenomenal mobile penetration in developing countries has enabled ICT4D innovations by connecting previously unconnected people, several communities suffer adverse inclusion or lack access altogether. Such digital divides within countries have been attributed to technical, social, and economic issues. As a result, many approaches to bridging the digital divides have been used by both academics and practitioners. This chapter, therefore, discusses the potential use of community networks for providing sustainable and affordable access to rural communities in developing countries. In addition to the advantages of community networks, the chapter presents the challenges thereof, and it contributes to the vexed question about how to harness ICTs to empower the disadvantaged communities in developing countries. A case study of Zenzeleni Makhosi community network in South Africa's Eastern Cape province is presented and analysed using Sen's capability approach.

Characteristics and management modes of domestic waste in rural areas of developing countries: a case study of China

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 8485-8501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyong Han ◽  
Changwen Ye ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Zeng Dan ◽  
Zeyan Zou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Domestic Waste ◽  
Management Modes

scholarly journals Learning the Adoption of Mushroom Farming Partnership: A Case Study of Farmers and an Enterprise from Cianjur Distric, West Java, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rendi Febrianda ◽  
Hiromi Tokuda
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Decision Process ◽  
Rural Society ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
West Java ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Production Problems ◽  
Quantitative Approaches

Mushroom farming is one of the profitable agribusiness especially for rural areas in developing countries. It can be adopted and applied as a sideline or main business. Through a partnership, farmers are indeed able to resolve their falter caused by production problems and market challenges. However, some questions emerge about the effectiveness of partnerships. Learning the adoption of the partnership specifically on mushroom farming can provide more understanding about its strengths and its weaknesses for further better use. This study aims to review the adoption process and the experience of an informal partnership case between a mushroom enterprise and farmers using qualitative and non-parametric quantitative approaches framed by Rogers’s innovation–decision process. The result shows that the partnership delivers ample benefits for the farmers and is recommended especially for rural society in certain conditions, though before and after the implementation, some issues were found, and suggestions are given for improvement.

Selecting sanitation systems for sustainability in developing countries

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 2973-2982 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Flores ◽  
C. Buckley ◽  
R. Fenner
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
Indicator Approach ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Sanitation Systems ◽  
Design Options ◽  
Selection Of

This paper presents a methodology for systematically incorporating multi-dimensional sustainability considerations into the selection of wastewater options for developing countries and the evaluation and comparison of these options. Appropriate technologies for developing countries were screened based on their function and their use of operational sustainability features; this list of technologies can then be used to elaborate design options. Sustainability indicators are used to enable a parallel comparison of the options from environmental, economic, and socio-cultural perspectives. For illustration, the indicator approach is applied to a case study of the sanitation options for peri-urban/rural areas of the eThekwini Municipality in South Africa.

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