Agriculture is one of the most important aspects of human civilization. The usages of information and communication technologies (ICT) have significantly contributed in the area in last two decades. Internet of things (IOT) is a technology, where real life physical objects (e.g. sensor nodes) can work collaboratively to create an information based and technology driven system to maximize the be...

In the field of education such as elementary and middle schools, teachers want to take care of schoolchildren during physical trainings and after-school club activities. On the other hand, in the field of sports such as professional and national-level sports, physical or technical trainers want to manage the health, physical and physiological conditions of athletes during exercise trainings in ...

Innovation is a complex phenomenon and process involving translation of knowledge into new techniques, products, services. It is considered crucial for sustainable agriculture development and achievement of long-term food security. The review describes the diversity of innovation and relates it to agro-food sector. It also sheds light on different innovation models and explores their contributi...

The purpose of the study was to examine Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Trainer’s competence in knowledge subject content technical vocational education training institutions Bungoma county, Kenya. Understanding trainers’ has implications for quality because it influences motivation, informs curriculum designs helps develop department trainer development programs. adopted a d...

Larson has made three basic points in his comment on the incorporation of technical change in dynamic duality models: (a) appending a time trend onto the empirical model to account for technical change is inconsistent with an autonomous theoretical model, (b) a current value function V discounted to time to, 0 < to < T, should not be confused with a value function J discounted to time t = 0, an...

This chapter explains the motivation for the research reported in this monograph, placing it in the context of previous research about the impacts of technical innovations in African agriculture. While recognizing the limitations of impact assessment methods, it is argued that social science research can play a useful role in support of technology development. Interest in genetic transformation...

This paper gives an outline of key technologies necessary for science-based agriculture. In order to design future agriculture, present agriculture should be redesigned based on the context of smart agriculture that indicates the overall form of agriculture including a social system while the present precision agriculture shows a technical form of agriculture only. Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)...

During the Neolithic Revolution, seven populations independently invented agriculture. In this paper, I argue that this innovation was a response to a large increase in climatic seasonality. Hunter-gatherers in the most affected regions became sedentary in order to store food and smooth their consumption. I present a model capturing the key incentives for adopting agriculture, and I test the re...