ICTs and diffusion of ICTs and diffusion of water constraints’ water constraints’ adaptation strategies adaptation strategies towards sorghum farmers in towards sorghum farmers in the context of Climate the context of Climate Change Change (Far-north Cameroon) (Far-north Cameroon) Salé ABOU, Researcher/Lecturer, IRAD/CRRAD Maroua (Cameroon) 12/12/2014 1
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ICTs and diffusion of water ICTs and diffusion of water constraints’ adaptation constraints’ adaptation
strategies towards sorghum strategies towards sorghum farmers in the context of farmers in the context of
Sowing/planting of drought resistant crops varieties 62.33 %
Early rainwater cut off 61.33 % Sowing/planting of early matured varieties
61.66 %
Bad water spatial distribution 58.33 % Basins’ building 50.33 %
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III. RESULTSIII. RESULTSIII.2. Use of communication channelsIII.2. Use of communication channels
Communication channels Access’ rate
Interpersonnal communication channels (formal and informal)
100 %
Radio 87.50 %
Telephone 71.33 %
Newspapers 33.17 %
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III.RESULTSIII.RESULTSIII.3.III.3. Communication channels’ Communication channels’ contribution to improvement of farmers’ contribution to improvement of farmers’ agricultural knowledge agricultural knowledge
Communication channels Mean Rank OrderKendall test of
agreement
Interpersonnal communication channels 1.38 1 N 600
Kendall W 0.765
Probability 0.000
Radio 1.99 2
Newspapers 4.02 3
Telephone 4.74 4
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III.RESULTSIII.RESULTSIII.4.III.4. Adaptation strategies’ diffusion Adaptation strategies’ diffusion through ICTsthrough ICTs
ICTS
Adaptation strategies
Radio Telephone Newspapers
Sowing/Planting of early matured
varieties
31.17 % 29.67 % 03 %
Basins’ building 39.17 % 14.67 % 17 %
Fertilizer/Organic manure use
64 % 0 25.33 %
Early planting/sowing
20.88 % 64.83 % 0
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IV.CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONSIV.CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONSIn order to enhance innovations’ diffusion by ICTs, we suggest that governments :
Invest more in research so as to produce more and new innovations for farmers;
Create conditions that favor farmers’ acces to ICTs (roads, electricity, socioeconomic conditions);
Create more rural radios and support diffusion of innovations through its channel;
Identification of innovations to be diffused as well as the diffusion process should be participative (facilitate farmers access and adoption). 12/12/2014 10