期刊名称：International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology
电子版ISSN：1814-0556
出版年度：2006
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：2-3
出版社：University of the West Indies
摘要：Welcome to the first issue of volume 2 of the International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT) - an e-journal that provides free and open access to all of its content. This issue deals with culture, content and learning for development, and brings articles from and/or about India, Syria, Southern Africa and Australia. Four articles in this issue come from India. Ratnam, Krishna Reddy and Reddy, in their article "eSagu: An IT based personalized agricultural extension system prototype ¨C analysis of 51 Farmers' case studies" describe the "eSagu system - an IT-based personalized agricultural extension system to improve agricultural productivity by disseminating expert agricultural advice to the farmers, both in a timely and personalized manner. The authors provide an analysis of 51 registered farmers' regarding compliance of advice and corresponding effect. Their analysis showed that about fifty percent of farmers followed the practices which increase yield and reduce input cost. A high positive correlation was observed between the compliance rate and the yields
