USING A USER-CENTERED FRAMEWORK, WE CAN ASSESS THE USABILITY OF E-AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS
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https://doi.org/10.36755/jac.v1i1.48Keywords:
Usability, Crops production, framework , Usability Mobile, E-agricultureAbstract
E-agriculture is a growing and well-known field with a focus on the development of rural regions and farming through value-added information and improved communication systems. With the widespread usage of mobile devices today and its applicability in every aspect of life, including agriculture. In Pakistan, there are several different agriculture-related apps in use. Usability emerges as a key determinant of whether users are generally utilising the new technology to create the most effective e-agriculture application software. Since individuals are not properly aware of the digital data options, usability in agriculture continues to be a challenging issue. The present deficiencies in agriculture mobile apps, such as memo-rability, learnability, operability fault handling, and flexi-bility, are not covered by the previous usability paradigm. The goal of this study is to evaluate the usability of e-agricultural mobile applications from the user's point of view and to provide a usability framework that identifies the most significant gaps currently present in agriculture apps. The suggested framework can be used to create a cutting-edge mobile app with features for agriculture. For this reason, two of the most popular agriculture apps, Bakhabar Kissan and agriculture Extension, are chosen to be measured and evaluated for their usability on our suggested framework from the user's perspective in order to fully utilise the apps and subsequently increase crop production to meet the needs of the nation.
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