A conceptual information of technology framework to support rice farming in timor leste

Edio Da Costa, Handayani Tjandrasa, Supeno Djanali

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Abstract

Agriculture is one of the main means of livelihood for the people of Timor Leste. Data shows that the Timor Leste annual rice consumption is 140 tonnes, while farmers only produce 60 tonnes per year [1]. One factor is that, the farmers still use traditional ways to tackle pests and diseases and when the weather forecast is not accurate. The condition of infrastructure, geographic, and communication services is a major obstacle for ministry of agriculture to have a monitoring, provide solutions, and control over agricultural issues in Timor Leste [2]. Therefore, it needs information technology to establish communication between farmers and the Ministry of Agriculture. This paper presents the multi-language framework concept namely Tetun, Indonesian, Portuguese, and English, because most of the people in Timor Leste still use the four languages for everyday communication. The aim of the framework concept is to describe a process of real time communication services with the farmers. The system acts as an expert to answer questions or to solve problems of farmers regarding pest and disease problems at any time, and hopefully it will increase agricultural productivity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2015 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Systems, ICTS 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages209-213
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509000951
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Jan 2016
EventInternational Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Systems, ICTS 2015 - Surabaya, Indonesia
Duration: 16 Sept 2015 → …

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2015 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Systems, ICTS 2015

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Systems, ICTS 2015
Country/TerritoryIndonesia
CitySurabaya
Period16/09/15 → …

Keywords

  • framework
  • interactive
  • mult-language
  • real-time

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