... are responsible for the growth of the agribusiness exhibit leadership qualities (Trebbin and Hassler, 2012) and are expected to have a strong motivation to use mobile apps for timely access to all types of agricultural information and services, not only for the profitability of their FPC but also...

...Faheem Akbar; Muhammad Arif; Muhammad Rafiq Purpose This study aims to examine the research productivity of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council’s (PARC’s) researchers published during 2001–2020 by using scientometric indicators. The study explored the growth and collaborative trends along...

.... This study also examines how this effect differs among Egyptian firms in the agriculture, manufacturing and service sectors. Design/methodology/approach The authors use firm-level data in Egypt on the sectoral level. The properties of instrumental variables regression using two-stage least-squares...

...Grace E.P. Msoffe; Edda Tandi Lwoga Purpose This study aims to investigate the use of mobile phones in enhancing human capabilities and agricultural development among small-scale farmers in selected rural districts of Tanzania. The study assessed the potential capabilities acquired by farmers...

...Nicholaus Mwalukasa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess sources of agricultural information used by farmers for climate change adaptation in the semi arid areas of Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach Mixed quantitative and qualitative methods were deployed. Semi‐structured...

...Priti Jain; R.B. Nfila; Edda Tandi Lwoga; Christine Stilwell; Patrick Ngulube Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess access to and use of agricultural knowledge and information in the rural areas of Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach Mixed quantitative, qualitative and participatory...

...Nuray Kizilaslan Purpose The purpose of the paper is to investigate the agricultural information system in Turkey, with particular reference to the effectiveness of this system for farmers. Design/methodology/approach A case study based on a review of the literature, established knowledge...

...Charles O. Omekwu The paper reviews the state of agricultural literature control in Nigeria. The problems of data inconsistencies, scarcity of relevant information and dilemmas faced by policy makers, planners and agriculturists are described. The paper reveals that foreign‐based bibliographical...

...Esharenana E. Adomi; Monday O. Ogbomo; O.E. Inoni Focuses on crop farmers’ access to agricultural information in rural areas of Delta State, Nigeria. Data were gathered by questionnaire from ten villages. Farmers of both genders experienced obstacles to information use, although findings revealed...

...Shaheen Majid; Mumtaz Ali Anwar; Tamara S. Eisenschitz This study investigated those factors that contribute positively in shaping users’ perceptions of library effectiveness. A questionnaire‐based survey of five major agricultural libraries in Malaysia was conducted. It was found that the adequacy...

...F.W. Dulle; M.J.F. Lwehabura; R.T. Mulimila; D.S. Matovelo This paper reports results based on a study aimed at assessing the capability of agricultural libraries in meeting researchers’ information needs, finding out means used by researchers to cope with the scarcity of scientific information...

...Benki Simmons Haanongon Womboh Traces the poor agricultural production situation in Nigeria which gave rise to food insecurity, forcing the Government to take various measures to contain the resultant food scarcity. One of these measures was the establishment of Universities of Agriculture (Uni...

...Kebede Gessesse Stresses the importance of sharing agricultural information,particularly in the Third World. Indicates present agencies promoting co‐operation in Africa, and presents prospects for developing a more systematic and comprehensive system of documentary co‐operation for agricultural...