Open AccessDifferences in farmer’s information consumption and ICT-use – a qualitative research
Author(s) -
Mihály Csótó
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta agraria debreceniensis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2416-1640
DOI - 10.34101/actaagrar/52/2107
Subject(s) - information and communications technology , consumption (sociology) , business , agriculture , focus group , capital (architecture) , information technology , marketing , qualitative research , knowledge management , agricultural economics , economics , geography , computer science , sociology , social science , archaeology , world wide web , operating system
Farming has now been placed in a new framework: farm managers have had to increasingly devote attention to and interact with the external world. Numerous studies have showed that information and communication technologies (ICT) can play a vital role in realizing benefits with more effective information management at the farm level. Besides land, labour and capital, sufficient information has become a critical factor for agricultural producer. The article presents the findings of a focus-group research which aim was to discover the main characteristics of information consumption and ICT-adoption among Hungarian farmers.