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envisaged Information Technology applications to globalize their
agricultural sector in a big way.
11.2 Various study results strongly support that the “payoff”
effect of ICT on economic growth can be achieved only through a
robust National Information Infrastructure (NII), i.e.,
AGRISNET for the agricultural sector that supports ICT
adoption and applications in Pre-Harvest and Post-Harvest Supply
Chain activities. ICT diffusion derives economic force from the
complementary development of a knowledge-intensive society 39 .
In the present “crucial decade” of this millennium, a high rate of
investment in Information Technology capital and a supportive
environment are expected to achieve “digital economy”. Its rapid
growth, however, depends on (M.Moni, 2000) 40 : -
♦ A higher rate of productivity growth related to investment
in Information Technology;
♦ A rise in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth due to
Information Utilisation across the economy and resulting in
“spill-over” effects;
♦ An increase in factor utilisation; and
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Eunice Wang (1999) : ICT and Economic Development in Taiwan : Analysis of the Evidence”, Telecommunications
Policy, 23(3,4), April/May 1999, pp235-243
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M.Moni (2000): “New Productivity Paradigms and Strategies in the e-Age – Government Initiatives on IT-led
Development in India”, International Conference on Productivity in the e-Age, Asian Productivity Organisation,
22-24 November 2000, New Delhi.
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