Analyzing mobile phone usage in agricultural modernization and rural development

Abstract

The agricultural sector worldwide is facing many issues relating to crop productivity due to the lack of communication between extension workers and farmers. To reduce this gap, information technology like mobile phones are one of the essential communication devices in numerous fields as well as agriculture. This review aims to analyze mobile phone usage in agricultural modernization and rural development. The advancement of the agricultural sector in rural areas is essential for reducing poverty among growers. As we all know, agricultural activities provide employment opportunities and generate income in rural areas. Poverty can be decreased by advancement in the agriculture sector for better production. Agriculture production, socioeconomic conditions, and food security can be improved by increasing the usage of mobile phones for easy and accurate agricultural knowledge sharing to the farming community.

Can Cooperative Supports and Adoption of Improved Technologies Help Increase Agricultural Income? Evidence from a Recent Study

“…Numerous researchers suggested that it is critical to resolve the high cost of agricultural production by adopting affordable agricultural technology, which helps mitigate climate change and protect the environment [1,54]. Further, modern technology helps growers decrease production costs significantly, improve farming production efficacy, and decrease labour force inputs effectively [55][56][57][58][59]. Hence, this study emphasized using improved agricultural TA (such as seed and fertilizers) that epitomize increased agricultural income.…”

Toward Cleaner Production: Can Mobile Phone Technology Help Reduce Inorganic Fertilizer Application? Evidence Using a National Level Dataset

“…Food security is one of the main challenges for developing countries to feed a rapidly growing population [1,2]. The current world population of 7.8 billion is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, increasing more than 25% from the current population [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Therefore, many developing economies widely adopted several methods, particularly, using more chemical or inorganic fertilizers (IF), to enhance food production and supply to face growing demand [10][11][12][13][14].…”

“…The main financial services provided through value chain ICT solutions are transfer and payment, credit, savings, insurance, and financial derivatives. ICT can help improve the conditions of rural communities, mainly by persuading financial institutions to enter potential rural markets in unconventional ways [7,49,50]. Mobile phone usage (MPU) helps increase productivity and profitability [51][52][53], alleviates losses affected by environmental disasters [54,55], and mitigates environmental pollution [56].…”

“…Mobile phone usage (MPU) helps increase productivity and profitability [51][52][53], alleviates losses affected by environmental disasters [54,55], and mitigates environmental pollution [56]. Compared to that of developed nations, the agricultural sector of emerging countries is dominated by small-scale farming, which can get optimum benefits from ICTs [7,57]. Several researchers assessed the significance of ICTs, such as the impact of MPU on farmers' lives and socioeconomic benefits in emerging nations.…”

“…The computer system can be used to apply irrigation according to the needs of the crop [36,62]. Additionally, researchers found that access to the correct information at the right time would accelerate growers' market contribution and sales decisions in local markets in Peru [7,63]. However, little empirical evidence exists on the impact of MPU on IF application in developing countries.…”