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Improving rice farming in Thailand using information kiosks

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Information Development

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Abstract

This paper sets out a mechanism for delivering information to Community Rice Centers in Thailand using information kiosks. The planned information kiosks will serve rice farmers by providing both online and offline data to support rice production from pre-harvest to post-harvest. With the help of a pilot project we established the utility of information kiosks in enhancing the knowledge and skills of rice farmers throughout the rice production process, and also observed their satisfaction with kiosks and an improvement in their attitude toward government services in general. Finally, this study proposes a new technology for improving rice farming in Thailand, namely information kiosks, to link government agencies to rice farmers.