A State of Art of Adoption of ICT Innovations in Crop Farming in Developing Countries

A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

Till the end of the 19^th century, farming practices have been conventional where farmers greatly relied on indigenous farming tools like hoes, sickles and pitchfork to cultivate their farms. In Sub-Saharan Africa poverty is still existing and undernourishment has been increasing. This weak economic performance is connected to low technology adoption that reduces productivity growth in the agriculture sector. This study investigates the factors that have influenced adoption of ICT in crop farming in developing countries. And this was achieved by reviewing literature from three databases published between 2013-2022 to carryout analysis. This search yielded 119 papers and 35 papers were selected for analysis. The analysis showed that a number of models have been developed like TAM, DOI and UTAUT to help guide adoption of ICTs in Crop farming. In Sub Saharan Africa some ICTs like Radio, Television, Mobile phones have been adopted however, the level of adoption is not satisfying due to a number of Factors that influence this adoption like infrastructure, literacy, cost, ICT access, ICT policies and language of use.