My name is Aditya. I completed post-graduation studies in May 2011 with Extension Education and recently entered the field of extension teaching and research at Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, India. Very recently, I have been granted a Media Lab Asia project “Interactive Information Dissemination System (IIDS)” which aims to reach farmers through voice messaging and text based mobile advisory services. I have earlier worked for the Microsoft Research Labs.
I am currently engaged in organizing a National Seminar on Rural Youth in Family Farming at my university on 18-19 December 2014 keeping in view the UN General Assembly declaration of 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming (details on http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/sites/default/files/resources/RYFF_BAU_Final.pdf [2 MB]). The seminar would provide further insights to better family farming practices for the youth.
My question is in relation to scalability and efficiency issues through information and communication technologies (ICTs) as a means to provide advisory services to smallholder farmers. How do we tailor advisory services so as to reach them efficiently and attract them towards agriculture in a better way? What should be kept in mind to design better messages and advisory?
Aditya
Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist Department of Extension Education
Bihar Agricultural College
Bihar Agricultural University
Sabour 813 210
Bhagalpur
Bihar
India
91-9798649444
e-mail: inc.aditya (at) gmail.com
@adityainc
Skype: adityainc1
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