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An information technology enabled animal health information system (AHIS) Perceptions of dairy owners

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Title An information technology enabled animal health information system (AHIS) Perceptions of dairy owners
 
Creator PHAND, SHAHAJI
TIWARI, RUPASI
SHARMA, M C
 
Subject Animal Health Information System (AHIS), Information systems, Multimedia, Marathi, Perceived utility, Simplicity, Preciseness
 
Description Public sector extension is being criticized for not being relevant, ineffective, time consuming and expensive. Similarlyinformation dissemination through folders, leaflets, pamphlets, newspapers etc. have challenge of illiteracy and don’thave much scope for inclusion of interactivity, so fails to develop interest for active involvement of the users in learningprocess. On other side, continuing rapid development of telecommunications and computer-based information technologyseems to provide a promising solution for delivering of extension services. It can be utilized effectively to fulfill the“Information needs” through computer based “Information System Software’s”, which have much scope for inclusionof interactivity, user’s control and could become readily accessible at village level agencies. “Animal Health InformationSystem” (AHIS); is one such need based, interactive software developed for dairy owners, using various multimediatools and JAVA language. The field testing of AHIS revealed that it has greater perceived utility and effectiveness intransmitting the information. The study concludes that, IT enabled Information Systems can be utilized for fasterdissemination of expert advice in multiple locations by using the infrastructure of grass root level village agencies.
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2013-01-16
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/26458
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 83, No 1 (2013)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/26458/12106
 
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