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1	Designing and developing an e-Agricultural information service at the library of Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) : a survey Mabika, Benhildah 11 1900 (has links) The topic of this study done in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe was to explore the viability of designing and developing an e-agricultural information service at the Library of Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT).The aim of the study was to determine the feasibility of designing and developing a web based information database for answering farmers’ queries. It also aimed to identify ways in which agricultural information can be transferred to farmers using ICTs available to the farming community and CUT. The findings indicated that an effective and efficient e-agriculture information service can be established at CUT using cell phones as the main communication medium. The research design was a survey and a questionnaire was used for data collection. SPSS was used for data analysis form which interpretations and recommendations were made. / Information Science / M. Information Science Agriculture E-agriculture E-agriculture community Eco-farmer E-farm Information communication technologies Information dissemination Information needs Information dissemination system Survey 027.70285096891