scholarly journals ICT in Rural Development : Application and Challenges - A Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 464-472
Author(s):  
Aditi Rajesh Nimodiya ◽  
Shruti Sunil Ajankar
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Rural Sector ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Tremendous Impact ◽  
Development Application

ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology. ICT plays a vital role in developing the rural area in various sector, it has helped to develop the rural sector in tremendous way. It is used in rural area for the growth of various field like education, agriculture, medical treatment and many other. However due to lack of growth and awareness about ICT among the rural people the process of development is very less, still it has a tremendous impact in the growth of rural area. The rural people need to know the importance of ICT for the faster improvement of rural sector this will also help ICT to work more efficiently. This paper mainly focused the different application of ICT in various sector to improve the condition of rural area and the challenges faced by ICT to develop rural areas.

Improving Effectiveness of Rural Information and Communication Technology Offices: The Case of Qazvin Province in Iran

2021 ◽  
pp. 101852912110274
Author(s):  
Somayeh Rajabi ◽  
Farhad Lashgarara ◽  
Ataharul Chowdhury ◽  
Habib Rashvand ◽  
Hadi Sadegh Daghighi
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Cooperative Agents ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Information And Communication

The information and communication technology (ICT) offices in rural areas of Iran have been developed as government provided counters under a national project in the past decades. The rural ICT offices were expected to benefit the rural people in various socio-economic dimensions such as health, social connectivity, crop diversity, agricultural productivity, occupational capability and the lifestyle in general. However, these middle range offices in Iran did not perform as expected, and thus they require an urgent restructuring to boost up their performances and to enhance their acceptability. This study investigates the effectiveness of the ICT systems and services in place in the Qazvin province of Iran with the purpose of identifying the major requirements needed to fix up the system. The focus of this study was around 10,000 people organised through rural ICT agents and their users in the rural area of Qazvin. The survey involves 138 rural ICT offices operated by 103 cooperative agents. Of them, 16 rural ICT offices were selected randomly, and 165 rural users connected with the selected offices were interviewed by the research team. Collected data have been analysed with structural equation modeling. The study shows that education, policy and management requirements deserve the highest attention, and therefore the best ways to improve the effectiveness of rural ICT offices. This study suggests that the effectiveness of rural ICT offices can be improved significantly through providing in-service education for ICT experts, arranging regular training programme for ICT office agents and using mass media to educate villagers on various aspects of ICTs.

Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Livestock Production

2018 ◽  
pp. 270-277
Author(s):  
O. Anie Sylvester
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
Rural Farmers ◽  
Observation Methods ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

This chapter examines the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on livestock production by rural farmers in Nigeria. Questionnaire, interview, and personal observation methods were employed to elicit information on the impact of ICT on livestock production on rural areas of Nigeria. The study reveals the significance of personal characteristics of the respondents. The findings also reveal that rural farmers need to be encouraged by providing them with relevant ICT gadgets in order to enhance effective access to information on veterinary and extension services to improve productivity. It is therefore concluded that the establishment of internet facilities in rural communities should be the priority of the State and Federal Governments in order to encourage computer literacy.

scholarly journals From Digital Divide to Social Inclusion: A Tale of Mobile Platform Empowerment in Rural Areas

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisha Ye ◽  
Huiqin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Mobile Platform ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Practical Implications

The digital divide in rural areas is an important social issue, especially in developing countries. Although Internet and broadband penetration have increased in the world generally, there are many obstacles for rural China to get access to ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and its services. The mobile platform is regarded as a novel and effective tool to reduce the digital divide. Based on a case of one mobile platform, namely WeCountry in Chinese rural areas, this study illustrates how a mobile platform bridges the digital divide and helps rural areas achieve social inclusion. Results show that: (1) the mobile platform mainly acts on the digital capability divide elimination, and it has to guide and increase users’ usage capability; (2) the mobile platform can empower villagers in structural, psychological, and resource dimensions, achieving political inclusion, social participation inclusion, and economic inclusion; (3) platform providers and government are key organizations during the divide elimination process. This paper concludes with theoretical and practical implications.

scholarly journals Empirical Research on the Investment Performance of Information and Communication Technology in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Wei Qiying
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Dynamic Adjustment ◽  
Investment Performance ◽  
Information And Communication

The continuous development of the new-generation Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has drawn increased focus and investment from China. However, will China’s investment in the ICT bring a long-term positive impact on China’s economic growth? Will such impact be changed by any external factors? These questions bear strong significance for the academic cycle and require urgent solutions. Given such concerns, the paper introduced a partial dynamic adjustment model and selected the panel data of China from 2001 to 2016 to study how China’s investment in ICT affected its economic performance. The study found that such investment has significantly promoted the economic growth of China with gradually shortened gap between physical capital and the ICT investment, while human capital still played a vital role in economic growth; there is a mutual and harmonious influence between macrovariable and the speed of adjustment, and only their effective combination can improve economic performance to the maximum extent.

scholarly journals ICT Immersion in Different Domains of Teaching Profession – A Literature Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabir Ahmad Bhat, ◽  
Dr. Anoop Beri
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Education Access ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Access To Knowledge ◽  
Teaching Learning

Information and communication technology (ICT) plays a vital role in various domains of teaching profession. It is directly concerned with different perspectives of teaching and incorporated the teachers to cope with the forthcoming challenges of educational society viz a viz quality and efficiency of education, access to knowledge, flexibility, lack of qualified and skilled teachers, teaching learning activities, high dropout rates and so on. In the present paper researcher explored some of the important domains about the teaching profession with special reference to ICT effective usage and integration as: i) Competency, ii) Motivation, iii) Work Stress, and iv) Accessibility. Comprehensive details of this paper revealed that ICT immersion in different domains of teaching profession strengthen the overall educational system throughout the globe.

scholarly journals CUSTOMER INCLINATION ON MOBILE WALLETS WITH REFERENCE TO GOOGLE-PAY AND PAYTM IN BENGALURU CITY

2022 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Customer Preferences ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Tax Payments

In this cashless economy era, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays a vital role in making payments using various payment modes. The mobile wallet app is an innovative technology for avoiding the usage of physical cash. The mobile wallet records all kinds of transactions with a clear payment reference and makes it accountable for tax payments. There are countless reasons for using mobile wallets which makes service providers confused and leads them to offer unattractive features in the wallet apps making the offer as a failure. This paper attempts to collect the data from the mobile wallet users and provide a clear understanding of the reasons for using mobile wallets. Secondly, the customer preferences towards Google Pay and PayTm are analyzed in detail with primary data collected from mobile wallet users to suggest a model for improving the business. This research was conducted to understand the customer's inclination towards the use of mobile wallets.

scholarly journals Editorial: Reflecting in the shade of pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. i-iv
Author(s):  
Bulent Tarman
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Editorial Note ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Headline News ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Role Of Information

I hope this editorial note finds you well and healthy, especially amid the uncertainty due to COVID-19. We are concerned about our children, families, neighbors, colleagues, and ourselves. We are contending with daily reports of death presented as the centerpiece headline news while we are dealing with grief and uncertainty. The impact of this current pandemic on society, in general, is increasingly visible, and we find ourselves in a permanent state of transformation due to the dizzying proliferation of technologies. This pandemic expedites the vital role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) that drives the modern world in education as well as in all other areas. On the other hand, as schools and higher education institutions rapidly move their learning, teaching, and assessment online in response to the worldwide pandemic, academics feel improvised, inefficiently supported, and deeply fearful.

Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Livestock Production

2012 ◽  
pp. 68-75
Author(s):  
O. Anie Sylvester
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
Rural Farmers ◽  
Observation Methods ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

This chapter examines the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on livestock production by rural farmers in Nigeria. Questionnaire, interview, and personal observation methods were employed to elicit information on the impact of ICT on livestock production on rural areas of Nigeria. The study reveals the significance of personal characteristics of the respondents. The findings also reveal that rural farmers need to be encouraged by providing them with relevant ICT gadgets in order to enhance effective access to information on veterinary and extension services to improve productivity. It is therefore concluded that the establishment of internet facilities in rural communities should be the priority of the State and Federal Governments in order to encourage computer literacy.

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