Revisitant Les Facteurs Affectant L’utilisation Des Tics Sur L’information Relative Aux Intrants Agricoles Par Les Paysans Dans Les Pays en Voie de Developpement D’Afrique Et Asie

Abstract

Despite farmers’ exposition to ICTs on agricultural input information, their contribution to the access and use of agricultural input information is far from expectation. This study therefore, reviewed these ICTs in developing countries to extract the factors that affect ICTs’ adoption by small-scale famers using the Grounded Theory. The factors Relative Advantage, Compatibility, Simplicity, Social Influence, Observability, Literacy, ICTs’ Skills were identified as affecting positively ICTs’ use while the High Cost was identified as negatively affecting these ICTs.