ICT Productivity in Agriculture

This paper describes about how to apply information and communication technologies (ICTs) to solve agricultural problems. It presents research findings on Agriculture ICT (AgICT) impact on the agricultural performance. It talks about how ICT enhances extension services by applying tools such as mobile phone, SMS, call centres, etc. This papers presents some research findings on the ICT productivity stating that farmers using AgICT in farming activities have increased 5.91 % of their farm productivity compared to the immediate past year while farmers having no exposure to AgICT increased only 3.90% of farm productivity. This can apparently be assumed that the AgICT alone can contribute 2.01% increase in farm productivity.