Smart Farming Strategy for Food Security: Innovations in Rice and Horticulture

SMART FARMING STRATEGY FOR FOOD SECURITY: Innovations in Rice and Horticulture explores smart farming as a strategic approach to improving agricultural productivity, efficiency, sustainability, and food security, particularly in rice and horticultural production. The book discusses the concepts and applications of Smart Farming, agricultural technology innovations, characteristics of innovation, the innovation adoption process, factors influencing technology adoption, and the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as an approach to understanding users’ acceptance of agricultural technologies. It also examines the roles of development communication, agricultural extension, farmer characteristics, farmer institutions, and various forms of support needed to strengthen the implementation of digital technologies in agricultural systems. The book further addresses perceptions of Smart Farming technology characteristics, levels of technology adoption, factors influencing adoption, and strategies for developing and implementing Smart Farming to support sustainable farming enterprises. By integrating technological, human resource, communication, institutional, and strategic perspectives, this book provides a comprehensive understanding of how digital innovations can contribute to the development of more adaptive, efficient, productive, and sustainable rice and horticultural farming systems in response to the growing challenges of food security.