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Using ICT to strengthen agricultural extension systems for plant health. / Wright, Holly Jane; Ochilo, Willis; Pearson, Aislinn et al.
In: Journal of Agricultural and Food Information, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2016, p. 23-36.

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Wright, HJ, Ochilo, W, Pearson, A, Finegold, C, Oronje, L, Wanjohi, J, Kamau, R, Holmes, T & Rumsey, A 2016, 'Using ICT to strengthen agricultural extension systems for plant health', Journal of Agricultural and Food Information, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 23-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2015.1120214

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Wright, H. J., Ochilo, W., Pearson, A., Finegold, C., Oronje, L., Wanjohi, J., Kamau, R., Holmes, T., & Rumsey, A. (2016). Using ICT to strengthen agricultural extension systems for plant health. Journal of Agricultural and Food Information, 17(1), 23-36. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2015.1120214

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Wright HJ, Ochilo W, Pearson A, Finegold C, Oronje L, Wanjohi J et al. Using ICT to strengthen agricultural extension systems for plant health. Journal of Agricultural and Food Information. 2016;17(1):23-36. Epub 2016 Feb 6. doi: 10.1080/10496505.2015.1120214

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Wright, Holly Jane ; Ochilo, Willis ; Pearson, Aislinn et al. / Using ICT to strengthen agricultural extension systems for plant health. In: Journal of Agricultural and Food Information. 2016 ; Vol. 17, No. 1. pp. 23-36.

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title = "Using ICT to strengthen agricultural extension systems for plant health",
abstract = "Plant pests cause crop losses of 30–40%, contributing significantly to global food insecurity. The Plantwise program works alongside national agricultural extension services, who advise smallholder farmers on plant health issues and collect data on problems they face. In a 1-year pilot, Plantwise tested the use of information and communication technologies (ICT)—tablets and short message service (SMS)—with 60 Kenyan extension workers. They were able to assist more farmers with better advice, had significantly improved access to plant health information, valued being able to ask their peers for advice, and dramatically improved the quality and speed of the data they collected.",
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RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Using ICT to strengthen agricultural extension systems for plant health

AU - Wright, Holly Jane

AU - Ochilo, Willis

AU - Pearson, Aislinn

AU - Finegold, Cambria

AU - Oronje, Lucy

AU - Wanjohi, James

AU - Kamau, Rose

AU - Holmes, Timothy

AU - Rumsey, Abigail

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Plant pests cause crop losses of 30–40%, contributing significantly to global food insecurity. The Plantwise program works alongside national agricultural extension services, who advise smallholder farmers on plant health issues and collect data on problems they face. In a 1-year pilot, Plantwise tested the use of information and communication technologies (ICT)—tablets and short message service (SMS)—with 60 Kenyan extension workers. They were able to assist more farmers with better advice, had significantly improved access to plant health information, valued being able to ask their peers for advice, and dramatically improved the quality and speed of the data they collected.

AB - Plant pests cause crop losses of 30–40%, contributing significantly to global food insecurity. The Plantwise program works alongside national agricultural extension services, who advise smallholder farmers on plant health issues and collect data on problems they face. In a 1-year pilot, Plantwise tested the use of information and communication technologies (ICT)—tablets and short message service (SMS)—with 60 Kenyan extension workers. They were able to assist more farmers with better advice, had significantly improved access to plant health information, valued being able to ask their peers for advice, and dramatically improved the quality and speed of the data they collected.

KW - Agricultural extension

KW - plant health

KW - ICT

KW - mobile

KW - plantwise

U2 - 10.1080/10496505.2015.1120214

DO - 10.1080/10496505.2015.1120214

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VL - 17

SP - 23

EP - 36

JO - Journal of Agricultural and Food Information

JF - Journal of Agricultural and Food Information

SN - 1049-6505

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