Information Needs of Women Subsistence Farmers in the Dlangubo Village, South Africa

References

Alhojailan, M. I. 2012. “Thematic Analysis: A Critical Review of its Process and Evaluation.” West East Journal of Social Sciences 1 (1): 39–47.Suche in Google Scholar

Babu, S. C., C. Glendenning, K. Asenso-Okyere, and S. K. Govindarajan. 2011. Farmers’ Information Needs and Search Behaviours: Case Study in Tamil Nadu. India: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Discussion Paper. www.ifpri.org (accessed October 12, 2019).Suche in Google Scholar

Centre for Statistical Analysis and Research. 2015. Workshop Attended at the Human Sciences Research Council on the 8th–10th December and Facilitated by Professor S. Madiba.Suche in Google Scholar

Charmaz, K. 2011. “Grounded Theory Methods in Social Justice Research.” In The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, edited by N. K. Denzin, and Y. S. Lincoln, 359–80. Los Angeles: Sage.Suche in Google Scholar

Creswell, J. W. 2008. Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research, 3rd ed. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.Suche in Google Scholar

Dakora, F. D. 1996. “Using Indigenous Knowledge to Increase Agricultural Productivity in Africa.” In Indigenous Knowledge and its Uses in Southern AfricaIna Snyman and Morris Cohen, edited by H. Normann, 109–35. Pretoria: HSRC Publishers.Suche in Google Scholar

Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and National Council for Library and Information Services (NCLIS). 2009. Library and Information Services (LIS) Transformation Charter. 6th Draft. http://www.dac.gov.za/publications/reports/2009/Transformation%20charter-6th%20draft-22102009.pdf (accessed May 12, 2020).Suche in Google Scholar

Dyubhele, N., P. Le Roux, and R. Mears. 2009. “Constraints to the Economic Activities of Women in Rural Areas.” Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 8 (2): 230–40.Suche in Google Scholar

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. 2011. “The Role of Women in Agriculture.” ESA Working Paper no. 11-02.Suche in Google Scholar

Gumede, N. P. P., U. Bob, and R. N. Okech. 2009. “Women and Technology in South Africa: A Case of Four Communities in KwaZulu-Natal.” Gender, Technology and Development 13 (1): 103–25, https://doi.org/10.1177/097185240901300105.Suche in Google Scholar

Hart, G. 2011. “The “Tricky Business” of Dual-Use School Community Libraries: A Case Study in Rural South Africa.” Libri - International Journal of Libraries and Information Services 61: 211–25, https://doi.org/10.1515/libr.2011.018.Suche in Google Scholar

Hart, T., and M. Aliber. 2010. “The Need for an Engendered Approach to Agricultural Technology.” Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity 84: 75–90.Suche in Google Scholar

Hart, T., and M. Aliber. 2012. “Inequalities in Agricultural Support for Women in South Africa.” Human Sciences Research Council Policy Brief 6096.Suche in Google Scholar

Hart, T., and I. Vorster. 2006. Indigenous Knowledge on the South African Landscape: Potentials for Agricultural Development. Cape Town, South Africa: HSRC Press.Suche in Google Scholar

Hoq, K. M. G. 2015. “Rural Library and Information Services, Their Success, Failure and Sustainability: A Literature Review.” Information Development 31 (3): 295–310, https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666913515693.Suche in Google Scholar

Hunt, S., and R. Shoaps. 2018. “Information Seeking Behaviour and Information Providers in a K’iche Maya Community: an Ethnographic Study of Nahual, Guatemala.” Information Development 34 (5): 460–74, https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666918766986.Suche in Google Scholar

Jiyane, G. 2021. “Recounting the Empowerment of Women in Rural Areas of KwaZulu-Natal from Information and Knowledge in the Fourth Industrial Era.” Libri - International Journal of Libraries and Information Services 71 (1): 41–50, https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2019-0197.Suche in Google Scholar

Kaddu, S., and E. N. Haumba. 2016. “Promoting ICT Based Agricultural Knowledge Management for Increased Production by Smallholder Rural Farmers in Uganda: A Case of Communication and Information Technology for Agriculture and Rural Development (CITARD), Butaleja.” In Proceedings of the Digital Transformation and the Changing Role of Libraries and Information Centres in the Sustainable Development of Africa of the 22nd Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations, 243–52. Mbabane, Swaziland: Swaziland Library and Information Association.Suche in Google Scholar

Lwoga, E. T. 2010. “Application of Knowledge Management Approaches and Information and Communication Technologies to Manage Indigenous Knowledge in the Agricultural Sector in Selected Districts in Tanzania.” D. Phil thesis. Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal.Suche in Google Scholar

Mchombu, K. J. 2007. “Harnessing Knowledge Management for Africa’s Transition to the 21st Century.” Information Development 23 (1): 25–42, https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666907075628.Suche in Google Scholar

Meyer, H. W. J. 2005. “The Nature of Information, and the Effective Use of Information in Rural Development.” Information Research 10 (2): 1–22.Suche in Google Scholar

Mittal, S., and M. Mehar. 2013. Agricultural Information Networks, Information Needs and Risk Management Strategies: A Survey of Farmers in Indo-Gangetic Plains of India. Socioeconomics Working Paper 10. Mexico, DF: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.Suche in Google Scholar

Mosia, L. N., and P. Ngulube. 2005. “Managing the Collective Intelligence of Local Communities for the Sustainable Utilization of Estuaries in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.” South African Journal of Libraries & Information Science 71 (2): 175–86.10.7553/71-2-624Suche in Google Scholar

National Planning Commission. 2012. National Development Plan 2030: Our Future – Make it Work. https://www.poa.gov.za/news/Documents/NPC%20National%20Development%20Plan%20Vision%202030%20-lo-res.pdf (accessed June 2, 2020).Suche in Google Scholar

Nattrass, N., and J. Seekings. 2001. “Democracy and Distribution in Highly Unequal Economies: The Case of South Africa.” The Journal of Modern African Studies 39 (3): 471–98, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x01003688.Suche in Google Scholar

Omotayo, F. O. 2018. “Information Activities of Commercial Taxi Drivers in Saki, Nigeria.” Information Development 34 (5): 505–14, https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666917722584.Suche in Google Scholar

Rather, M. K., and S. A. Ganaie. 2018. “Information Seeking Models in the Digital Age.” In The Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology. 4th ed., edited by M. Khoshrow-Pour. USA: IGI Global.10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch392Suche in Google Scholar

Reddy, V., S. Goga, F. Timol, S. Molefi, A. Mather, T. Chetty, and D. Wallace. 2015. “Gender, Small-Scale Livestock Farming and Food Security: Policy Implications in the South African Context.” The HSRC Policy Brief. http://www.hsrc.ac.za (accessed July 1, 2015).Suche in Google Scholar

Roja, M. 2018. “Information Needs of the Rural Women Farmers: A Study.” International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Review 3 (8): 8–92.Suche in Google Scholar

Rop, Z. 2018. “Information Needs of and Services to Small-Scale Vegetable Farmers in Wareng, Uasin Gish County, Kenya.” Regional Journal of Information and Knowledge Management 3 (1): 1–14.Suche in Google Scholar

Salau, E. S., N. D. Saingbe, and M. N. Garba. 2013. “Agricultural Information Needs of Smallholder Farmers in Central Agricultural Zone of Nasarwa State.” Journal of Agricultural Extension 17 (2): 113–21.10.4314/jae.v17i2.15Suche in Google Scholar

Silverman, D. 2010. Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook, 3rd ed. Los Angeles: Sage.Suche in Google Scholar

Sipila, S. 2015. “Strong Libraries, Strong Societies: Bibliotecas Fuertes, Sociedades Fuertes.” Professional de la Informacion 24 (2): 95–101, https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2015.mar.02.Suche in Google Scholar

Ssemakula, E., and J. K. Mutimba. 2011. “Effectiveness of the Farmer-To-Farmer Extension Model in Increasing Technology Uptake in Masaka and Tororo Districts of Uganda.” South African Journal of Agricultural Extension 39 (2): 30–46.Suche in Google Scholar

Steward, D. W., P. N. Shamdasani, and D. W. Rook. 2007. Focus Groups: Theory and Practice. Thousand Oaks: Sage.10.4135/9781412991841Suche in Google Scholar

Stilwell, C. 2011. “Poverty, Social Exclusion, and the Potential of South African Public Libraries and Community Centres.” Libri - International Journal of Libraries and Information Services 61: 50–66, https://doi.org/10.1515/libr.2011.005.Suche in Google Scholar

Stilwell, C. 2016. “Public Libraries and Social Inclusion: An Update from South Africa.” Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice (Advances in Librarianship) 41: 119–46, https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020160000041006.Suche in Google Scholar

UN Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women). 2015. Women and Sustainable Development Goals. Nairobi: UN Women. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/2322UN%20Women%20Analysis%20on%20Women%20and%20SDGs.pdf (accessed June 12, 2019).Suche in Google Scholar

Wilson, T. 1999. “Models in Information Behaviour Research.” Journal of Documentation 55: 249–70, https://doi.org/10.1108/EU0000000007145.10.1108/EUM0000000007145Suche in Google Scholar

Yusuf, S. F. G., P. Masika, and D. I. Ighodaro. 2013. “Agricultural Information Needs of Rural Women Farmers in Nkonkobe Municipality: The Extension Challenge.” Journal of Agricultural Science 5 (5): 107–14, https://doi.org/10.5539/jas.v5n5p107.Suche in Google Scholar

Zimu-Biyela, A. N. 2016. “The Management and Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge in Dlangubo Village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.” D. Phil thesis, University of South Africa.Suche in Google Scholar