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Every day, new and crucial difficulties and challenges are encountered in agriculture. Using information and communication technologies (ICTs) can be a key facilitation for more efficient crop production. Simply ICT is defined as hub of technologies that support in storage, processing data/information, communication of data/information, and distribution of data. ICT therefore comprises technologies such as computers (desktop and laptop), mobile phones, Internet connection, peripherals, and software that are projected to perform information processing and communication purposes. The application of ICT in agriculture is becoming progressively important. E-agriculture is a developing field aiming on the improvement and development of agricultural and rural sector through enhanced information and communication processes. More importantly, e-agriculture involves the concepts, design, development, assessment, and application of advanced methods to use information and communication technologies (ICT) in the rural area, focusing on crop production. All stakeholders of crop production system need information and understanding about these stages to manage them efficiently.
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Ali, M. et al. (2019). Role of ICT in Crop Management. In: Hasanuzzaman, M. (eds) Agronomic Crops. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9783-8_28
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