• DocumentCode
    2216240
  • Title

    The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Agriculture

  • Author

    Esfahani, Latifeh PourMohammadBagher ; Asadiye, Zahra Shojaei

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Eng., Univ. of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, Iran
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    26-28 Dec. 2009
  • Firstpage
    3528
  • Lastpage
    3531
  • Abstract
    Achievement of agricultural development in the 21st century depends on the wide use of information and communication technology. Due to determined effects of information and communication on different aspect of agriculture, this paper illustrate the role of it to reduce agricultural losses, forecast productivity, do food labeling, educate farmers, sale products electronically and do e-commerce.
  • Keywords
    agriculture; electronic commerce; food safety; information technology; agricultural development; agricultural losses; communication technology; e-commerce; farmer education; food labeling; forecast productivity; information technology; Agricultural engineering; Agriculture; Business; Communications technology; Crops; Food technology; Internet; Management training; Marketing management; Production;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Science and Engineering (ICISE), 2009 1st International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nanjing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4909-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICISE.2009.1282
  • Filename
    5454875