Irfan Kasana
| Organization | Agriculture Corner |
|---|---|
| Organization type | Other |
| Country | Pakistan |
Having more than 10 years of experience in ICT4Ag. And launched 1st mobile app for farmers in Pakistan.
This member participated in the following Forums
Forum Forum: "ICT for Rural Economic Development" November, 2010
2. How to analyze the socio-economic impact in rural areas?
Submitted by Irfan Kasana on Sat, 11/27/2010 - 19:33
Well, it is a bit difficult to analyze the socio-economic impact of ICT but yes we can quantify it in one or the other way. Prior to analyze we must add on a continuous pace of educating the rural community about the benefits/uses/values of ICTs tools and application and keep them updating. Perhaps it is a two way parallel approach, at one side feed in and on the other side evaluating the results.
At very beginning we have to study out the socio-culture of the community and then build up a web portal that encompasses the information/links that exactly matched with the desire both in English and regional language equipped with a real time feedback.
In second phase the feed community up with trainings, how they get benefits from the given information on the web and how they can access more desired/needed information and when and where they can contact to get real time solutions to their problem.
In third phases, evaluation to those parameters fed up to community earlier in a precise manner. A successful implementation/execution of such ICT tool can change the life of rural communities. A farmer can get weather forecast, market price information, demand and supply in markets, a student can have the access to universities, scholarships, a graduate can apply for jobs, a lady can buy grocery/cosmetics/health services while sitting her house. This all magic can be done with simple ICT application and can bring revolutions in rural life.