Learning Intervention Plan

Learning Intervention Planning Document

The topic of the proposed intervention is “Access and application of ICT tools by planters for sustainable agriculture development in the farms of Abu Dhabi.”

The key underlying rationale of the doctorate investigation revolves around the idea of expanding my knowledge base as an Organic Farming Unit Head on the need of the ICT tools to enhance sustainable farming and farming practices. In addition to this, the doctorate investigation will also help me in improving my development needs. These needs are on understanding the overall impact the use of ICT will bring along for sustainable agricultural development and growth. The development needs will be in a social, environmental, and economic context. Apart from this, the rationale of this doctorate investigation based on my development needs will revolve around my personal technical skills development of the use of the ICT tools. It will majorly be in the critical organic farming business processes and to what extent tends to improve and quicken the process overall. This doctorate investigation also has its relevance associated with the organization. This doctorate investigation will assist me as an organic farming unit head in assessing the critical costs that might hinder the application of the ICT tools for farmers. It will also make its use as one of the essential business practices for the sustainable agriculture culture (Razaque and Sallah, 2013). It will also enable me to understand the ways to develop the most relevant market links to raise the needed funds for the application of the ICT tools. This investigation will also assist in building my development needs on other limitations that might affect the successful utilization of the ICT tools for sustainable farm practices. I will be able to identify and highlight the need for the further development and training of the individuals handling and utilizing the ICT tools. The development of my ability to identify the skills and training requirements for the personnel managing the ICT tools will also turn out to be beneficial for the entire organization. The organization will benefit because it will be able to stay ahead of the competition right in time and will contribute to improving the economic situation of Abu Dhabi independently. In addition to the above, this doctorate investigate appears to be of even more significance to the organization and to my professional practice because it will enable me to compare the sustainable agricultural practices before and after the use of ICT tools and eventually develop my skills on bargaining for the need of more funds for the implementation of ICT tools to improve the overall agricultural practices (Qureshi, 2014). The doctorate investigation also appears to be of high significance because it will aid in the enhancement and improvement of the overall organizational performance. The performance is mainly in terms of the social, economic, and environmental aspects of the business organization processes. It will also assist in developing new strategies to ease the utilization of ICT tools for farmers. It will further set certain limits within which they are supposed to operate to avoid the occurrence of ethical concerns affecting sustainable agriculture practices, if any.

The development technique is to research the assessment of the relationship between the ICT tools and the sustainable agricultural development within the Abu Dhabi farms. The underlying reasons associated with the selection of this technique revolves around the idea to undertake the implementation of the ICT tools to improve the sustainability of the agricultural processes. It also aims to improve the overall impact it will have on the social, financial, and environmental side of the nation and organization (Qureshi, 2014). Moreover, the ICT expansion system has become a critical factor that can change the status of agriculture and farmers’ lives by improving access to information and knowledge. Thus, this necessitates researching the development technique. In addition to this, the spread of ICT-based agricultural products offers incredible opportunities. It also has the potential to strengthen agrarian communities, which again appears to be another key reason for choosing the research as the development technique (Razaque and Sallah, 2013).

Identify what is required by the end of the intervention.

The principle aim of this doctorate investigation revolves around the need to assess, evaluate, and analyze the relative association that exists between the ICT tools and sustainable agriculture development.  The evaluation is concerning the economic, social, and environmental perspectives within the farms of Abu Dhabi. The main element that this intervention aims to study is the degree to which ICT tools are useful for sustainable agricultural development. It also aims at promoting the country’s economy and overall efficiency of the farming business processes. Moreover, other study elements also support this aim. They include the idea of developing an understanding of the degree of the farmers within the Abu Dhabi farms and their access to the varying data and communication technologies for their relevant farming activities and practices.

Specific, Quantifiable, Achievable, Applicable & Time-dimensioned

1. To understand the access of farmers in Abu Dhabi farms towards different data and communication technologies.

2. To evaluate the effectiveness of using information and communication technology by the farmers in Abu Dhabi farms for sustainable agriculture development.

3. To assess the financial, social, and environmental profits derived by the farmers due to the use of data and communication technology in their farming activities.

For a decade, the power of information and communication technologies has opened up new opportunities for knowledge management. Knowledge management can play an essential role in solving everyday problems in the exchange, interchange, and dissemination of knowledge and information technology. Today, ICTs are a critical factor in transforming agricultural expansion and knowledge services (Olaniyi, 2013). Globalization, strong competitive forces on the market, the need for value-added agriculture, and the sustainable use of natural resources require fundamental changes in agriculture in all developing countries. The new agricultural paradigm involves the use of data and communication technologies. The technique appears to be the critical scope of this research, which is expanded by developing a more in-depth understanding of the application and utilization of the ICT tools for the sustainable agricultural development (Lin et al. 2017). So far, the majority of the countries in the past have used traditional systems such as literature, posters, radio, and television to disseminate agricultural information among farmers. There are still many time windows in this system to provide information from research laboratories to farmers. Farmers may have to rely on the extension personnel to obtain appropriate crop cultivation recommendations (Chhachhar, Querestic, Khushk, and Ahmed, 2014). Weather forecasting is one of the critical requirements of the country that can help farmers make the right decisions at the right time. Today’s farmers need more information on sales prices, marketing data, and precision farming in neighboring markets than information on conventional packaging. The scope of this doctorate investigation and learning intervention revolves is broadened to undertake the effectiveness of the ICT tools and the limitations associated with it. ICT is considered a valuable tool to make this change in sustainable agricultural development (Chauhan, 2016). ICT is the most efficient and fastest partner for agricultural expansion, and there is an undertaking of this scope in this intervention (Dlodlo and Kalezhi, 2015). An ICT expansion system has become a critical factor that can change the status of agriculture and farmers’ lives by improving access to data and knowledge (Mahant, Shukla, Dixit & Patel, 2012). The spread of ICT-based agricultural products offers incredible opportunities and has the potential to strengthen agrarian communities. Given the undeniable benefits of ICT, ICT experts benefit from innovative ICT initiatives. Experience in implementing ICT initiatives for the dissemination of knowledge in agriculture has shown encouraging results and has integrated traditional methods of knowledge dissemination (Singh, Sankhwar and Pandey, 2015).  Even the creation of a rural ICT infrastructure, the development of adequate content, sustainability, and updating is a problem. Thus, it is because of this matter that the scope of this doctorate investigation aims to take into account the examination of the need for ICT for the successful sustainable agricultural development. Its role and its influence and the various areas in which it can be effectively used, namely, economic, environmental, and economic perspectives (Rohila, Yadav and Ghanghas, 2017).

The key assumptions taken into account will be the benefit that his intervention will give to the organization. Another assumption will be the strategies that will be developed with the help of this learning intervention. Moreover, another critical assumption will be to analyze the need for training and development of the farmers, personnel, etc. for the utilization of the ICT tools.

Key actions (high level)

What key steps will you need to complete each of the objectives

1. The crucial primary action that will be needed to complete the learning intervention will revolve around the development of the research proposal. It will highlight the aim, rationale, and motive of carrying out the research. It will also highlight the objectives and main research questions to be addressed in light of the research problem that this learning intervention aims to highlight.

2. The second essential action that needs to be carried out is the review of the literature to assess the studies that are carried out by other researchers in a similar and relevant subject. This essential action will assist the researcher in developing the founding base for the research and support the conclusions of the learning intervention.

3. The third crucial action, which is of high significance for the learning intervention, is the collection and extraction of the appropriate mix of data in light of the research aim and objectives. In addition to this, another crucial supporting action will be the analysis of the collected data from the relevant data sources to draw the necessary conclusion of the study in line with the research subject.

4. The last crucial action that is needed to be taken into consideration in the discussion on the extracted data and results to conclude the intervention.

A detailed project plan is in the appendix in light of the above vital actions for timely completion.

Who will you want to involve and talk to during the planning, application, and assessment phases of the project? State why?

The key stakeholder of the project will be the instructor of the research, responsible for guiding the progress and the appropriateness of the research progress. The second category of the stakeholder will be research participants and the organization because they will be the crucial source for the collection of the data.

What resources will you require to finish this intervention (e.g., financial, equipment, data access, time)?  Do you have access to all of these?

The critical resources for the successful completion of this intervention will primarily include the finances for bindings, photocopying information, and data papers for the learning intervention. In addition to this, another critical resource will be the access or permission letter for the company or organization where the research process will be collected. Another support for the completion of the intervention is the required data analysis tools if any.

What is the time limit for the conclusion of this project?

Are there any significant deadlines or milestones before this point that you will want to hit?

The planned final submission and for the completion of this project will be 20^th December. In addition to this, other vital deadlines will be the completion of each necessary action included in this table.

The critical knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies developed as a result of this intervention will be the development of organizational need analysis, problem solving, and expansion of the knowledge base on ICT tools utilization. It also involves the construction of the level of understanding of the effectiveness of ICT tools in sustainable agricultural development and comprehending the social, economic, and environmental effects and changes caused. This intervention will enable me to assess the before and after-effects of the ICT tools usage on sustainable agricultural development and the areas for improvement, i.e., the needed finances for ICT implementation and the identification of the training needs of the employees.

How will you know if this intervention is successful?  What success look and feel like.

The success elements hinting on the successful intervention will include the alignment of the data results and conclusion in alignment with the critical research aim and research question, the appropriateness of the data analysis tools in concluding, positive feedback from the instructor, and successful completion of the data collection phase.

References

Chhachhar, A.R., Querestic, B., Khushk, G.M, and Ahmed, S., 2014. Impact of ICTs in Agriculture Development. Journal of Basic Applied Scientific Research, 4(1):281-288.

Mahant, M., Shukla, A., Dixit, S. & Patel, D., 2012. Uses of ICTS in Agriculture. International Journal of Advanced Computer Research.

Olaniyi, O., 2013. Assessment of utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) among poultry farmers in Nigeria: an Emerging Challenge. Journal of Animal Science Advances.

Razaque, A, and Sallah, M., 2013. The use of mobile phones among farmers for agriculture development. International Journal of Scientific Research, 2(6), pp.95-98.

Qureshi, S., 2014. Theory to Inform Practice to Build Theory: Are Emerging Economies in a Cyclical Relationship with their Information and Communication Technologies?.

Lin, Y.P., Petway, J., Anthony, J., Mukhtar, H., Liao, S.W., Chou, C.F, and Ho, Y.F., 2017. Blockchain: The evolutionary next step for ICT e-agriculture. Environments, 4(3), p.50.

Chauhan, N.M., 2016. Expectations of the Farmers from ICT in Agriculture. Indian Research Journal of Extension Education, 10(1), pp.42-45.

Dlodlo, N, and Kalezhi, J., 2015, May. The internet of things in agriculture for sustainable rural development. In 2015 international conference on emerging trends in networks and computer communications (ETNCC) (pp. 13-18). IEEE.

Singh, V., Sankhwar, S, and Pandey, D., 2015. The Role of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Agriculture. Global Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 3(4).

Rohila, A.K., Yadav, K, and Ghanghas, B.S., 2017. Role of Information and communication technology (ICT) in agriculture and extension. Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 9(2), pp.1097-1100.

·         Past relevant experience of working in agriculture-related organizations and job positions

·         Strong interpersonal skills

·         Lack of awareness of the effectiveness of ICT tools in organic farming

·         Use of interpersonal and communication skills and past relevant experience for training of farmers

·         Lack of needed awareness of farmers on  ICT affecting personal job efficiency

 (intervention)

How will this improve my personal and professional practice?