Inequality and Preference: Leveraging Digital ICT Applications for Knowledge-Intensive Agriculture
Digital ICT plays a strategic role in transforming input-intensive to knowledge-intensive agriculture. Its use has close relations to the farmers’ characteristics. This study aims to analyze the farmers’ characteristics and the intensity of utilizing various digital ICT applications/platforms. The s...
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| author | Ahmad Badari Burhan Djuara P. Lubis Rilus A. Kinseng Andi M. Faisal Bakti |
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| description | Digital ICT plays a strategic role in transforming input-intensive to knowledge-intensive agriculture. Its use has close relations to the farmers’ characteristics. This study aims to analyze the farmers’ characteristics and the intensity of utilizing various digital ICT applications/platforms. The survey was conducted on 150 smartphone-using farmers from Boyolali District, Central Java Province, Indonesia, accompanied by interviews and online observations. This research identifies digital divides and inequalities in leveraging Android farming applications, Facebook groups of farmers, WAG of farmers’ groups, Internet/Google information resources and YouTube. The correlation test indicated a significant correlation between gender, age, education, farming land area, farm income, internet quota budget, the availability of PC/Laptop (besides smartphones), and participation in farmers’ group with the intensity of leveraging some digital ICT applications. These correlations are unique and reflect farmers’ receptions and preferences for using digital ICT applications. This novelty is crucial for the development of knowledge-intensive agriculture that emphasizes the strategic role of development communication to facilitate knowledge sharing, involvement, and capacity development among farmers. Without understanding farmers’ characteristics and vulnerabilities, digital divide and inequality among farmers will continue to be reproduced. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d9e68848d034759b129bde88fb7a4a32024-01-18T03:43:52ZindUniversitas Islam BandungMediaTor1411-58832023-06-01161395610.29313/mediator.v16i1.22142006Inequality and Preference: Leveraging Digital ICT Applications for Knowledge-Intensive AgricultureAhmad Badari Burhan0Djuara P. Lubis1Rilus A. Kinseng2Andi M. Faisal Bakti3IPB University2,3Department of Communication Science and Community Development, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University, Bogor, IndonesiaDepartment of Communication Science and Community Development, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia4Faculty of Communication and Da’wa, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Tangerang Selatan, IndonesiaDigital ICT plays a strategic role in transforming input-intensive to knowledge-intensive agriculture. Its use has close relations to the farmers’ characteristics. This study aims to analyze the farmers’ characteristics and the intensity of utilizing various digital ICT applications/platforms. The survey was conducted on 150 smartphone-using farmers from Boyolali District, Central Java Province, Indonesia, accompanied by interviews and online observations. This research identifies digital divides and inequalities in leveraging Android farming applications, Facebook groups of farmers, WAG of farmers’ groups, Internet/Google information resources and YouTube. The correlation test indicated a significant correlation between gender, age, education, farming land area, farm income, internet quota budget, the availability of PC/Laptop (besides smartphones), and participation in farmers’ group with the intensity of leveraging some digital ICT applications. These correlations are unique and reflect farmers’ receptions and preferences for using digital ICT applications. This novelty is crucial for the development of knowledge-intensive agriculture that emphasizes the strategic role of development communication to facilitate knowledge sharing, involvement, and capacity development among farmers. Without understanding farmers’ characteristics and vulnerabilities, digital divide and inequality among farmers will continue to be reproduced.https://journals.unisba.ac.id/index.php/mediator/article/view/2214agricultural applicationsfarmers’ characteristicsfarmers’ community on facebook groupfarmers’ whatsapp groupsinternet and youtube information resources |
| spellingShingle | Ahmad Badari Burhan Djuara P. Lubis Rilus A. Kinseng Andi M. Faisal Bakti Inequality and Preference: Leveraging Digital ICT Applications for Knowledge-Intensive Agriculture MediaTor agricultural applications farmers’ characteristics farmers’ community on facebook group farmers’ whatsapp groups internet and youtube information resources |
| title | Inequality and Preference: Leveraging Digital ICT Applications for Knowledge-Intensive Agriculture |
| title_full | Inequality and Preference: Leveraging Digital ICT Applications for Knowledge-Intensive Agriculture |
| title_fullStr | Inequality and Preference: Leveraging Digital ICT Applications for Knowledge-Intensive Agriculture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inequality and Preference: Leveraging Digital ICT Applications for Knowledge-Intensive Agriculture |
| title_short | Inequality and Preference: Leveraging Digital ICT Applications for Knowledge-Intensive Agriculture |
| title_sort | inequality and preference leveraging digital ict applications for knowledge intensive agriculture |
| topic | agricultural applications farmers’ characteristics farmers’ community on facebook group farmers’ whatsapp groups internet and youtube information resources |
| url | https://journals.unisba.ac.id/index.php/mediator/article/view/2214 |
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