DocumentCode
1490340
Title
Sustainable ICT in Agricultural Value Chains
Author
Doerflinger, Joerg ; Gross, Tom
Volume
14
Issue
4
fYear
2012
Firstpage
48
Lastpage
55
Abstract
For long-term sustainability, information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) must focus on reusability and scalability from the ground up. The Sustainable Bottom Billion Architecture is a technical ICTD architecture with successful sustainable replications in two ICTD projects in Africa´s cashew and shea-nut farming value chains.
Keywords
agriculture; information technology; sustainable development; agricultural value chains; cashew farming value chain; information and communication technologies for development; long-term sustainability; reusability; scalability; shea-nut farming value chain; sustainable ICT; sustainable bottom billion architecture; sustainable replication; Africa; Communication systems; Computer architecture; Information technology; Market opportunities; Mobile communication; Sustainable development; Unified modeling language; human factors in software design; software architectures; user-centered design;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
IT Professional
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1520-9202
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MITP.2012.44
Filename
6180159
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