Description:
The International Journal of ICT Research and Development in Africa (IJICTRDA) publishes original, cutting-edge research articles on the use of information communication technologies in agriculture and rural development. Emphasizing new innovations and best practices in the use of ICT, diffusion... Show More
The International Journal of ICT Research and Development in Africa (IJICTRDA) publishes original, cutting-edge research articles on the use of information communication technologies in agriculture and rural development. Emphasizing new innovations and best practices in the use of ICT, diffusion and adoption methods, techniques, e-value creation, and policy issues, IJICTRDA focuses on information communication applications in agricultural and socio-economic development and poverty alleviation.
Mission & Scope:
The mission of the International Journal of ICT Research and Development in Africa (IJICTRDA) is to provide cutting-edge research, advanced analytical methods and techniques, leading e-innovations, and development policies in information and communication technology adoption and diffusion in Africa and around the globe. Targeting scholars, academics, researchers, and senior government policy... Show More
The mission of the International Journal of ICT Research and Development in Africa (IJICTRDA) is to provide cutting-edge research, advanced analytical methods and techniques, leading e-innovations, and development policies in information and communication technology adoption and diffusion in Africa and around the globe. Targeting scholars, academics, researchers, and senior government policy makers, this journal examines ICT applications in agriculture and rural development, agribusiness supply chain management, coordination and integration, food security, poverty alleviation, food and agricultural marketing linkages, and rural financial service delivery. IJICTRDA covers empirical research investigations, theoretical frameworks, case studies and major trends in ICT applications in food and agriculture, and rural development.
Coverage:
- ICT and agricultural e-risk management policy
- ICT and emerging market policy
- ICT and farmer e-health policy
- ICT and food security policy
- ICT and poverty alleviation policy
- ICT and rural financial remittances policy
- ICT and social capital development in agriculture
- ICT and sustainable rural development policy
- ICT application in rural mobile banking services
- ICT application to rural environmental management
- ICT applications in agricultural e-content and e-service development
- ICT applications in agricultural information management and diffusion
- ICT applications in agro-based small and medium scale enterprises
- ICT applications in development issues for rural women
- ICT applications in e-value additions and e-customer relationship management
- ICT applications in farmer health service delivery
- ICT applications in food and agricultural marketing and market development
- ICT applications in food and agriculture supply chain governance
- ICT applications in food and agriculture supply chain management and coordination
- ICT applications in horizontal and vertical integration in food and agricultural markets
- ICT applications in improving farm productivity
- ICT applications in integration of agricultural value chain
- ICT applications in research and development
- ICT applications in rural financial remittances
- ICT applications in rural financial service delivery
- ICT applications in the agribusiness input supply and e-procurement strategies
- ICT applications to farm business management
- ICT applications to improving market access, coordination and linkages
- ICT for agricultural development case studies
- ICT in agricultural research and development policy
- ICT in agritourism and regional economic integration
- ICT infrastructural development and rural digital divide
- ICT innovations and best practices in food and agriculture
- ICT literacy and e-content development policy
- ICT rural economic development policy
- ICT socio-economic development policy issues
- ICT theoretical and empirical frameworks in agriculture development
- ICT use in the development of agro-portals and rural e-kiosks
- ICT uses in agriculture and rural development
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International Journal of ICT Research and Development in Africa (IJICTRDA) is editorially independent, with full authority of the journal's content falling to the Editor-in-Chief and the journal's
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Editor(s)-in-Chief Biography
Bryan Christiansen is the Chief Executive Officer of Tactical Systems, LLC in Indiana, USA. A former business lecturer at universities in Turkey, Russia, and the USA, he has traveled to 41 countries where he has conducted international business since 1985 in multiple languages and various industries with Global 500 firms and smaller. Christiansen received his Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing at the University of the State of New York in 1996 and his MBA degree at Capella University in 2003. The author of 20 Reference books on business, economics, and psychology, he is currently working on his Doctor of Business Administration degree at Middlesex University in London, England and is expected to graduate in 2020.