VIEWS OF EXTENSION EDUCATIONISTS REGARDING APPLICATION OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSFER OF AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS
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2016
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
Mobile technology has quickly become the world’s most
common way of transmitting information in forms of voice, video,
animated messages, photographs, written messages, maps, various data
and services in the developing world. Given this dramatic change, mobile
applications in general and mobile applications for agricultural and rural
development in particular hold significant potential for advancing
development. The mobile technology provides the most affordable ways
for millions of people to access information, markets, financial and
governance systems previously unavailable to them. The mobile phones
have many key advantages like, affordability, wide ownership, voice
communications and instant and convenient service delivery. As a result,
there has been a global explosion in the number of mobile applications,
facilitated by the rapid evolution of mobile networks and by the
increasing functions and falling prices of mobile handsets. Considering
the popularity and the usefulness of mobile technology in transfer of
technology in rural India
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Agricultural Extension, Study