Development Mobile Learning For Vegetable Farming In Indonesia Based On Mobile Cloud Computing

Abstract

In vegetable production, farmers face many obstacles, such as the problems related to seeds, pest and disease control, commodity prices, and marketing of produces. There is almost no useful information and technology easily accessible to improve the situation. With the better penetration of the Internet to the villages and the wide availability of inexpensive mobile devices, mobile learning provides a good solution. This study is aimed to create a mobile learning that provides information and interactive communication about vegetable production needed by farmers using internet and mobile cloud computing concept, for better communication, sharing of information and profitability in agriculture. Based on the assessment by experts, 87.3% of them agreed that the mobile learning based on cloud computing for vegetable farming provide learning information about vegetable production.