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    This paper analyzes the impact of three telecenters in Bangladesh that provide agricultural services to rural communities. The telecenters aimed to enhance rural development and agriculture through information and communication technologies, but their success was not as high as initially expected. The paper assesses the telecenters' impact using a telecenter success model, finding issues like lack of infrastructure, awareness of services, and focus on solutions. As telecenter sustainability is important long-term, the paper also evaluates sustainability from different perspectives. The goal is to understand how successful these initiatives have been and inform policymakers on key considerations like infrastructure, awareness building, and sustainability.

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    This paper analyzes the impact of three telecenters in Bangladesh that provide agricultural services to rural communities. The telecenters aimed to enhance rural development and agriculture through information and communication technologies, but their success was not as high as initially expected. The paper assesses the telecenters' impact using a telecenter success model, finding issues like lack of infrastructure, awareness of services, and focus on solutions. As telecenter sustainability is important long-term, the paper also evaluates sustainability from different perspectives. The goal is to understand how successful these initiatives have been and inform policymakers on key considerations like infrastructure, awareness building, and sustainability.

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    An Impact Assessment oI InIormation and Communication Technology


    (ICT) Intervention Ior Agriculture in Bangladesh

    Abstract: The platIorm oI agriculture oI most oI the developing country is characterized
    by inadequate inIrastructure, dependency on nature, low access to technology,
    inadequate knowledge oI Iarmers etc. Bangladesh being a developing country
    is not an exception. Realizing the importance oI agriculture the development
    oI agricultural sector has given topmost priority, as in consideration oI
    Iorward and backward linkages the agriculture and agribusiness contribution
    to GDP in Bangladesh is estimated at about 35. For this reason The
    Government oI Bangladesh, DiIIerent NGO`s have implemented diIIerent ICT
    intervention in Bangladesh, as it is understood that ICT can enhance the
    contribution to agriculture and rural development tremendously. But Irom
    observation it has Iound the though diIIerent ICT intervention have got some
    initial success, but in comparison oI expectation with which the project
    started, this success is not up to mark. For this reason in this paper we have
    tried to assess the impact oI three telecenters oI Bangladesh that provide
    agricultural services to rural people. The objective oI this impact assessment is
    to understand the extent to which these initiatives are successIul through
    telecenter success model. From our assessment we have Iound that besides
    proper inIrastructure Iacility problem, lack oI awareness and thrust on the
    telecenter`s solutions are also important issues that policymakers should
    consider. Besides as the sustainability oI telecenter is an important issue in
    the long run so we have tried to assess the sustainability oI telecentrs Irom
    diIIerent perspective.

    Key Words: ICT (InIormation and Communication Technology), Development,
    Agriculture, Telecenter.

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