[ecrea] Call for Chapters:Handbook of Research on ICT for Agricultural Development

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Proposal Submission Deadline: March 30, 2013

Handbook of Research on ICT for Agricultural Development



A book edited by Mohen Singh Naorem (Manipur University, India)

and Telem Matouleibi Chanu (Central Agricultural University, India)





To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/Wa92XF





Introduction



ICTs are always evolving and have been contributing immensely in 
development policies and programmes in developing countries. Appropriate 
application of ICTs will help the institutions, organizations, and 
nations in development plans. In spite of the tremendous potential of 
ICTs, developing countries have not adapted a sound strategy to utilize 
ICTs effectively. The application of Information and Communication 
Technology (ICT) in agriculture is increasingly important.   If ICTs are 
utilized fully in agriculture and allied fields, traditional knowledge 
could be improved and farmers would benefit from this new technology.



E-Agriculture is an emerging field focusing on the enhancement of 
agricultural and rural development through improved information and 
communication processes. More specifically, e-Agriculture involves the 
conceptualization, design, development, evaluation, and application of 
innovative ways to use information and communication technologies (IT) 
in the rural domain, with a primary focus on agriculture. E-Agriculture 
is a relatively new term and we fully expect its scope to change and 
evolve as our understanding of the area grows.



For the last few years attempts have been made to publish the case 
studies of ICT projects working towards agricultural and rural 
development. However, we could not find any documents or research 
materials to analyze and study the impact of ICT on farming community or 
the stakeholders.



ICT in the agriculture sector must have a vision of a 
"Knowledge-Intensive Agriculture" that may respond to the challenges of 
food security, sustainable development, and the sustaining of farmer's 
revenue.



 All stakeholders of agriculture industry need information and 
knowledge about these phases to manage them efficiently. Any system 
applied for getting information and knowledge for making decisions in 
any industry should deliver accurate, complete, and concise information 
in time or on time. The information provided by the system must be in 
user-friendly form, easy to access, cost-effective, and well protected 
from unauthorized accesses.



Weak linkages among extension, research, marketing networks, and farmers 
limit the effectiveness of research and extension to contribute to 
agriculture development. This handbook on Information Communication 
Technology (ICT) will analyze various initiatives in farm development to 
gain understanding about the concept, implementation, and impacts as well.



A review of literature has not been able to reveal any handbook that has 
addressed different issues of ICT in Agriculture. This research handbook 
will also bridge the literature gap as well.





Objective of the Book



This book aims to provide most complete and reliable source of 
information on recent advancements in the field of ICT in agriculture 
and rural development.  There are no published evidences from the 
developing countries to analyze the critical aspects of the application 
and use of ICTs in rural development, particularly at grassroots level. 
Specifically, the book will be a source book on ICT in Agriculture; be a 
guidebook to those who are involved in ICT projects, adoptions, 
evaluations, and applications; provide background information to 
scholars and researchers who are interested in carrying out further 
research on ICT application in Agriculture and Rural Development with 
necessary knowledge which they can impart to their trainees, students, 
and farming community. This handbook will also try to generalize the 
concepts of ICTs use based on the critical analysis of the ICT projects 
around the world.





Target Audience

This book will be essential reading for professionals, policy makers and 
non government officials involved in the application of ICT in 
agriculture and extension activities like Krishi Vigyan Kendras 
(agricultural extensions of universities and government on farm 
development), teachers, academicians, researchers etc. from different 
parts of the world. The publication will provide the audience access to 
information that will help in advance research in ICT. It will enable 
individuals to become acquainted with ICT application in the agriculture 
and farm sector, which will then assist those concerned to use and adopt 
new and appropriate technologies in farm sector. Moreover, this handbook 
will also provide teachers, students, scholars, and researchers in the 
field of community development, agriculture, and mass communication with 
useful material on curricular offerings. It will enable different ICT 
users to apply ICTs for the development of different areas of their lives.





Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

·         History of ICT in general

·         Augmenting new Technology

·         Use of Call Centers in  Agriculture

·         E Agriculture

·         Different type of ICT

·         Features of ICT in Agriculture

·         Role of ICT in Agriculture

·         Objectives of ICT in Development

·         Scopes of ICT in Agriculture

·         Scopes of Agriculture in Development Communication

·         Agri Clinics

·         Agri Business centers

·         Areas of ICT application

·         Research in farm ICT

·         Different agencies of ICT

·         Farmers need for ICT in different countries

·         Challenges in use of ICT

·         Tele education for farmers

·         Rice Knowledge Bank

·         Agriculture Marketing through ICT

·         Present projects of ICT in different countries

·         Farmers access to ICT

·         ICT and food security

·         ICT education in farm

·         Review of ICT in Agriculture

·         Stakeholders in ICT

·         ICT and rural development

·         ICT users

·         ICT planners

·         ICT researchers

·         Problems of ICT in Agriculture

·         Benefits of ICT in Agriculture

·         Limitation of ICT in farm development

·         Role of NGO in imparting ICT among farmers

·         Examples of Information villages

·         Concept of Village Knowledge Centers

·         Podcasting and Internet in Farm development

·         Uses of Mobile phones in farm sector

·         IT application in extension and marketing

·         Policy of respective country on ICT implementation

·         Technology Transfer

·         ICT policy in Agriculture

·         Development of ICT in Agriculture

·         Issues and Challenges of ICT in Farm

·         Traditional Knowledge versus ICT in Agriculture

·         Different types of ICT

·         Policy of ICT in Agriculture

·         Media and ICT

·         Information sharing with ICT

·         Educational concerns in ICT application

·         Economic concerns in ICT applications

·         Political concerns in ICT applications

·         Social concerns in ICT applications

·         Technology concerns in ICT applications

·         Legal concerns in ICT applications

·         Universities role in adoption of ICT

·         Community Radio

·         Gender issues on use of ICT in Agriculture

·         ICT and Communication

·         Infrastructure and ICT

·         ICT revolution in Farm

·         Globalization and ICT

·         Social networking and Farm Development

·         ICT in villages

·         Dimensions of ICT Extension Services

·         Syllabus of ICT in Agriculture

·         Syllabus of ICT in Communication

·         ICT based Extension Services

·         ICT based Information Services

·         ICT projects

·         Information Dissemination and ICT

·         Convergence of ICT with farm development

·         Future perspectives of ICT


Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 
30, 2013, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and 
concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals 
will be notified by April 30, 2013 about the status of their proposals 
and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted 
by June 30, 2013. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a 
double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve 
as reviewers for this project. Additional information regarding this 
publication can also be found at http://coa-cau.blogspot.in



Publisher

 This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea 
Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly 
Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” 
“Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” 
imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please 
visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released 
in 2014.



Important Dates:

March 30, 2013:            Proposal Submission Deadline

April 30, 2013:                 Notification of Acceptance

June 30, 2013:                  Full Chapter Submission

August 30, 2013:          Review Result Returned

October 30, 2013:        Final Chapter Submission

November 30, 2013:   Final deadline



Editorial Advisory Board Members:



Will be added soon once the EAB sample is accepted



Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word 
document) or by mail to:
Mohen Singh Naorem

Department of Mass Communication
                                                              MANIPUR 
UNIVERSITY, Canchipur, Manipur, India-795008

GSM: +91-7308924043

E-mail: (naoremmohen /at/ gmail.com)




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