Digital technology and services for sustainable agriculture in Tanzania: A literature review

GE Mushi, G Di Marzo Serugendo, PY Burgi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Digital technology has the potential to eradicate extreme poverty and food insecurity to the
majority of smallholder farmers in the world. This paper aims to identify knowledge gaps on …

Understanding the adoption of climate change adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers: Evidence from land reform beneficiaries in South Africa

KT Thinda, AA Ogundeji, JA Belle, TO Ojo - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Climatic change has a negative impact on people's livelihoods, agriculture, freshwater
supply and other natural resources that are important for human survival. Therefore …

Understanding the intertwined nature of rising multiple risks in modern agriculture and food system

P Khatri, P Kumar, KS Shakya, MC Kirlas… - Environment …, 2023 - Springer
The current agriculture system has become complex and fragile in recent years. With an
increase in population, the demand for food is increasing, but the resources such as arable …

A case study of the relationship between smallholder farmers' ICT literacy levels and demographic data wrt their use and adoption of ICT for weather forecasting

BP Alant, OO Bakare - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Food insecurity caused by climate change has become one of the main issues on the global
agenda. Worldwide, the importance of digital tools as a means to enhance adaptive capacity …

A metadesign theory for tailorable decision support

SJ Miah, JG Gammack, J McKay - Journal of the Association for …, 2019 - aisel.aisnet.org
Despite years of decision support systems (DSS) research, DSS artifacts are frequently
criticized for lacking practitioner relevance and for neglecting configurability and contextual …

Climate-Agriculture-Modeling and Decision Tool (CAMDT): A software framework for climate risk management in agriculture

E Han, AVM Ines, WE Baethgen - Environmental modelling & software, 2017 - Elsevier
Seasonal climate forecasts (SCFs) have received a lot of attention for climate risk
management in agriculture. The question is, how can we use SCFs for informing decisions …

Exploring information seeking behavior of farmers' in information related to climate change adaptation through ICT (CHAI)

SD Tumbo, N Mwalukasa, KG Fue, MRS Mlozi… - International Review of …, 2018 - erudit.org
In Tanzania, agriculture sector is known for employing more than 70% of the total
population. Agriculture sector faces many challenges including climate change. Climate …

Application of TAMSAT-ALERT soil moisture forecasts for planting date decision support in Africa

E Black, DT Asfaw, A Sananka, S Aston, VL Boult… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Deciding when to plant is critical for smallholders in Africa. If they plant too early, farmers risk
seedling death if the rains are not established; if they plant too late, there will not be enough …

Identifying potential for decision support tools through farm systems typology analysis coupled with participatory research: A case for smallholder farmers in Myanmar

SP Thar, T Ramilan, RJ Farquharson, D Chen - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Decision Support Tools (DSTs) in agriculture have been widely developed but have not
been well accepted by smallholder farmers. One reason for the limited use is that the tools …

Evaluation of a decision support system for crop protection in apple orchards

P Mondino, JL Gonzalez-Andujar - Computers in Industry, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract A Web Decision Suport System (SSD Manzano) for the diagnosis and control of
pests in apple orchards was evaluated from the practical and educational viewpoints. The …