@article{article_359652, title={The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Agricultural Risk Management by The Agricultural Extension Services in Malaysia}, journal={International Journal of Agriculture Environment and Food Sciences}, volume={2}, pages={29–35}, year={2018}, DOI={10.31015/jaefs.18005}, author={Ali, Muhammad and Man, Norsida and Abd Latif, Ismail and Muharam, Farrah Melissa and Zobidah Omar, Siti}, keywords={Agricultural extension,ICTs,Malaysia,Agricultural risk management,Malaysia}, abstract={<div style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:14px;">The study was aimed to determine the existing status of extension services provided for agricultural risk management in making use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). There were 360 farmers selected through multistage cluster sampling technique and data were collected from four areas of Malaysia. The results reveal that farmers could get limited information from extension staff on the use of ICTs for disaster information.  Moreover, most of the farmers still could not get support from extension staff to integrate ICTs for agricultural risk management. Farmers highlighted that extension staff need training to improve their capacity. Therefore, </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">public </span> <span style="font-size:14px;"> and private sector should initiate various training programs firstly for the extension field staff and then diffuse various management skills and techniques into farmer fields for better agricultural risk management using ICTs. </span> </div>}, number={1}, publisher={Gültekin ÖZDEMİR}