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Ngowi, Edwin |
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| dc.creator |
Mwakalobo, Adam |
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| dc.creator |
Mwamfupe, Davis |
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| dc.date |
2020-03-24T11:07:35Z |
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2020-03-24T11:07:35Z |
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| dc.date |
2015 |
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2021-03-27T10:55:31Z |
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2021-03-27T10:55:31Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Ngowi, E., Mwakalobo, A., & Mwamfupe, D. (2015). Making ICTs work for agro-pastoral livelihood: Using the telecentre as learning tool for agro-pastoralists communities in Tanzania. Journal of Sustainable Development, 8(2). |
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| dc.identifier |
http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jsd/article/view/43224 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v8n2p89 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2316 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2316 |
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| dc.description |
Full Text Article. Also Available at: http://doi: 10.5539/jsd.v8n2p89 |
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| dc.description |
Traditional agricultural extension services intended to serve agro-pastoralists in Tanzania and Sub-Saharan Africa at large have failed to make significant impacts, due partly to the lack of knowledge-sharing practices to disseminate timely agricultural and livestock-keeping information. A key problem has been inadequate access to information due to weak linkages and interactions between agricultural and livestock research institutions; including, the lack of knowledge and information articulating best practices; and deficiency of relevant research information presented in easy to understand ways and localized to the needs of agro-pastoralists. However, in recent years, there has been growing attention devoted to the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in agriculture and livestock-keeping development. The growing ubiquity of mobile phones presents an excellent opportunity to put timely agricultural and livestock-keeping information into the hands of agro-pastoralists through direct linkages with the telecentres services in rural areas. The evidence has linked ICTs to an increase in gross domestic product; it has prompted dedication to the research of the socio-economic benefits and policy implications of ICTs consumption in Africa. Consisting of field case studies and implementation frameworks for telecentres, this paper provides a Tanzanian rural perspective and understanding of the developments in ICTs services for sustainable agro-pastoral livelihood. Therefore, the field results indicates that, the extent of the interaction between the telecentre services and agro-pastoralists in terms of ICTs access as a learning tool shows that more than half, 43.7% (178) and 23.6% (96) out of 407 respondents were interacting; whereby agro-pastoralists access the services provided by the telecentres to improve agro-pastoral livelihood. We conclude that the interaction between the telecentre services and agro-pastoralists has to be transformed; since the potential of ICTs services in rural areas as yet remains untapped and urgent measures are required to derive maximum benefits for sustainable agro-pastoral livelihood |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Canadian Center of Science and Education |
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| dc.subject |
ICTs |
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| dc.subject |
Agro-pastoral livelihood |
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| dc.subject |
Telecentre usage |
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Agro-pastoralists communities |
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| dc.subject |
Tanzania |
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| dc.subject |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| dc.subject |
Agro-pastoralists |
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| dc.subject |
Agricultural technology |
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| dc.subject |
Traditional agriculture |
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| dc.title |
Making ICTs work for agro-pastoral livelihood: Using the telecentre as learning tool for agro-pastoralists communities in Tanzania |
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| dc.type |
Article |
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