Digital Media and Wireless Communications in Developing Nations: Agriculture, Education, and the Economic Sector

ISBN-13: 9781774634615 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 338 str.

Megh R. Goyal; Emmanuel Eilu

Opis

Explores how digital media and wireless communication, especially mobile phones and social media platforms, offer concrete opportunities for developing countries to transform different sectors of their economies. The volume focuses on the agricultural, economic, and education sectors.

Spis treści

Part 1: Potential Use Of Mobile Phones And Social Media In Agriculture  1. Potential of Mobile Phones as a Disruptive and Transformative Tool  2. Transformative Power of Mobile Phones in the Indian Agro Supply Chain  3. Potential of Mobile Phones and Social Media Platforms in the Agricultural Scenario  4. The Role of Social Media in the Socio-Economic Development of Africa  5. Mobile App-Based Expert System in Uganda: Combating Pests and Diseases in Tomatoes  6. The Role of Mobile Phone Technology in Combating Illegal Timber Logging in Africa: A Review  Part 2: Selected Applications Of Mobile Phones And Social Media In Education  7. Operational Use of Mobile Learning: Understanding and Retention of Curriculum Content  8. Whatsapp-Based E-Learning in Adult Education for Lesotho’s Inmates: Methods and Evaluation  9. Role of Teacher-Developer Relationship in Mobile Apps Learning  10. Integrating Social Media in Lesotho’s Distance Learning: Gaps and Opportunities  11. Role of Social Networks in Health Care for Developing Countries  Part 3: Recent Strategies For Mobile Phones And Social Media In The Economic Sector  12. Potential of Streaming Transmission to Mobile Phones as Reinforcement of Community Radios  13. Luxury Brands on a Social Media Platform  14. The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Sustainable Development  15. Mobile Technology versus the Era of Eco-Design  16. Reforming Public Finance Management in Africa Using an Integrated Financial Management System

O autorze

Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor of Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department at the College of Engineering at University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Campus (UPRM), and Senior Technical Editor-in-Chief for Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering for Apple Academic Press Inc.

Emmanuel Eilu, PhD, is a profound academic and holds a PhD in Information Technology from Makerere University in Uganda.