A Critical Assessment of the Ict Awareness & Utilization Among Mechanized Farmers in Niger State: a Perspective of GSM and the Internet
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
The growth of any nation is impossible without the innovative and inventive exploitation of gathered information. Modern innovations and discoveries, represented in the growth of science and technology, economy, social and cultural development, are all functions of the logical application of recorded knowledge. According to Armstrong (2012), The rising value and usage of information as a commodity have given rise to the demand for the development of quicker and more efficient facilities for gathering, storing and disseminating it. While the achievement of these have further resulted to the proliferation of various types of information services, as well as information professionals using new technology, and the technology with the greatest impact on information are those that deal with...
