...Hilda Munyua; Christine Stilwell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the agricultural knowledge and information systems (AKIS) of small‐scale farmers in Kirinyaga district, Kenya by identifying the key agricultural actors, establishing the information needs of farmers and how...

...Sohaimi Zakaria; Haruki Nagata Purpose The motivation for this paper emanates from the continuous success and sustainability of the Japanese agriculture, most remarkably in its technical sense. The agricultural extension services have traditionally been regarded as a bridge between research...

...Joseph Kiplang’at Presented at the SCANUL‐ECS Conference held in Kenya 23‐26 July 1998. Examines the opportunities of information technology (IT) in improving access, transfer and use of agricultural information in the rural areas of Kenya. This paper has used the term “information technology...

...A.P.N. Thapisa Begins by tracing the efforts that have been undertaken to establish an agricultural information programme in Southern Africa. Argues that in order to develop an appropriate agricultural information programme in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) there is need...

...Pamela Q.J. André; Maria G. Pisa Explains why managing national information resources in the agricultural sector has taken on new meaning in the last few years. Not only is the nature of information resources changing as a result of new information technologies, but the agricultural sector itself...