Abstract
Official journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya. Tropical Agricultural Research publishes complete accounts of research of outstanding significance, together with critical review articles on all aspects of agriculture including agronomy and crop production, horticulture, agricultural biology, food and nutrition, soil and water resource management, agricultural engineering, agricultural economics, animal science, biotechnology, plant protection, genetics and plant breeding.Tropical Agricultural Research is now indexed in DOAJ.
Highlights
Information, in general defined as the "Knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance" (Wikipedia, 2013a)
The present study focuses on the potential of popular Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools in accessing information by the extension workers of Tea Small Holdings Development Authority (TSHDA)
The extension workers in this study were categorized as young, middle - aged and old for the purpose of comparing their use of ICT for extension
Summary
Information, in general defined as the "Knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance" (Wikipedia, 2013a). Information is valuable;it is essential to reach large numbers of potential clients, without distorting its quality, to make information more valuable for its use. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals), computers as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information(Wikipedia, 2013b).The. Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by Extension Officers. ICT has the ability to reach a large number of potential clients, without compromising the quality of the information. Are extensively used for information dissemination in agriculture in developed countries (Lio, & Liu, 2006). The ICT facilitates knowledge sharing among researchers, extension workers and farmers, while enabling the information flows by connecting rural agricultural communities to Internet, both in terms of accessing information and providing local content
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