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The role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT in agricultural sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Franěk, Václav ; Kandakov, Alexander (advisor) ; Hes, Tomáš (referee)
Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the poorest countries in Europe. Agriculture was in the 1990s as well as the whole country devastated by war conflict and needed the necessary transformation. Information and communication technologies (ICT) can help with faster development of agriculture in rural areas of the country, improving the competitiveness of small farmers, on which stands the whole agriculture of Bosnia and Herzegovina and, ultimately, improving its competitiveness in the international market. The aim of my thesis was deeper search analysis of literary sources in the context of the use of information and communication technologies in the agricultural sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Using information and communication technologies in agriculture may be then justified by the increasing consumption of food or expanding coverage for mobile phones and expansion of the Internet connection. However, Internet penetration in rural areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which stand on agriculture, is not on high level. But the actions of the government and local authorities are gradually moving towards rural development by using information and communication technologies, for example by introducing faster 3G Internet. Small farmers are also the most vulnerable to changes of food prices, in which can be information and communication technologies also helpful. The most important recommendation and conclusion would be using rather mobile devices instead of desktop computers or laptops.
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