Title :
Sustainable ICT in Agricultural Value Chains
Author :
Doerflinger, Joerg ; Gross, Tom
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;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2012.44
