Information, Direct Access to Farmers, and Rural Market Performance in Central India

Goyal, Aparajita

doi:10.1257/app.2.3.22

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“…Similar findings also emerged from studies of price information services delivered through other information and communication technologies, such as internet kiosks (Goyal, 2010) or the radio (Svensson and Yanagizawa, 2009). The latter study concludes that Ugandan farmers who could access price information via the radio were able to obtain 15% higher prices than those without access to a radio (Svensson and Yanagizawa, 2009).…”

Section: Price Informationsupporting

confidence: 69%

Assessing the Role of Mobile Phones in Offering Price Information and Market Linkages: The Case of M‐Farm in Kenya

Baumüller

2015

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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Many farmers in the developing world have limited access to agricultural technologies and markets. Mobile phone-enabled services that offer price information and market linkages could contribute towards bridging this gap by reducing uncertainty about expected profits, information asymmetries and market inefficiencies. This article uses the example of the price information and marketing service M-Farm in Kenya to empirically test this potential. Findings from a survey of M-Farm users confirm that m-services offering price information can help farmers plan production processes better, but also show that the radio can be an effective dissemination channel especially at the early stages of production. While evidence on the utility of the price information to help farmers obtain better prices is inconclusive, resulting changes in cropping patterns and harvesting times are likely to have contributed to perceived income gains. M-Farm appears to have had limited impact on trading relationships. In terms of methodology, the study also highlights the limitations of relying on farmers' perceptions gathered through surveys when assessing the impact of m-services.

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Section: Price Informationsupporting

confidence: 69%

Assessing the Role of Mobile Phones in Offering Price Information and Market Linkages: The Case of M‐Farm in Kenya

Baumüller

2015

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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“…Similarly large effects are suggested by preliminary research in Peru (Beuerrmann, 2015;Chong et al, 2005) and the Philippines (Labonne and Chase, 2009). Others find much smaller (Goyal, 2010) or no effects (Fafchamps and Minten, 2012;Mitra et al, 2011). A more thorough list of such studies is presented in Table 1.…”

Section: Icts and Farmers' Salesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Goyal (2010) investigates a program in India that provided soybean farmers with market price information in India through internet kiosks (called e-choupals). The intervention allowed farmers to get higher prices and led to an increase of 19% in farmers' land allocated to soybean cultivation.…”

Section: Role Of Icts In Agricultural Market Efficiency and Arbitragementioning

confidence: 99%

A text message away: ICTs as a tool to improve food security

Nakasone

Torero

2016

Agricultural Economics

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The growing use of ICTs around the world, particularly cellular phone technology, provides a significant development opportunity. Under certain situations, ICTs can improve rural households’ agricultural production, farm profitability, job opportunities, adoption of healthier practices, and risk management. All these effects have the potential to increase wellbeing and food security in rural areas of developing countries. Several challenges to effectively scaling up the use of ICTs for development remain, however. Taking advantage of the opportunities provided by ICTs depends on increased connectivity of marginalized population groups, the content and usefulness of the information provided through ICTs, and the capacity of households in rural areas to understand and act on the information that they receive. We need innovative ways to bring together the public and private sectors to ensure that the three Cs (connectivity, content, and capacity) are addressed as a whole.

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“…In rural areas, the ICTs can raise incomes by increasing the agricultural productivity (Lio and Liu 2006) and introducing income channels other than the traditional farm jobs. The current limited evidence from individual farmers and fishers in India supports the conclusion that the ICTs improve incomes and the quality of life among the rural poor (Jensen 2007;Goyal 2010). The idea that a wider access to and the use of ICTs throughout a country will reduce the inequalities in income and the quality of life between rural and urban residents is compelling.…”

Section: Doi: 1017221/132/2016-agriceconmentioning

confidence: 98%

Intensity of ICT use by managers of agricultural enterprises

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Romanová²,

Bolek³

et al. 2017

AGR ECON-CZECH

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The driving force behind our modern society is information and information and communication technologies, which are an essential part of the infrastructure of organisations, enterprises. Their development substantially affects the economic environment and they are among the factors of prosperity and business competitiveness. Without information and the use of information and communication technologies, it is currently not possible to manage businesses, organisations and decide professionally. For an efficient management, the managers of organisations need relevant information crucial for an appropriate decision making. In all organizations of the state sector, the public sector, in associations and private enterprises, managers work in the following categories: top, middle and lower level management with an important mission -to influence the activities of the organization and its results.Information-communication technologies (ICTs) penetrate into the social life and on all levels of the economy, which changes the society into the information society. It can be briefly defined as a society in which the main focus is information and information technologies. The growth potential of organizations has become the information and there is an increasing need for a comprehensive, systematic approach to information throughout the whole society. The access to information cannot be achieved without using new ICTs, which include all technical, application and organisational means for the information processing. Abstract: Th e growing importance and relevance of ICT in business increases the dependence of business entities on ICTs, to which the managers of agricultural enterprises need to pay the necessary attention. Th e penetration of ICTs also aff ects the companies that do business in the area of agriculture. High quality and accessible information today has a strategic economic and social importance for the management of this sector; therefore, the use of ICTs by the company managers is becoming an essential part of their daily lives. In their work, the managers of agricultural enterprises most often use a personal computer. Th e intensity of the laptop use is increasing and thanks to the mobility and connectivity, smartphones are also getting ahead. Th e use of these devices closely involves operating and application software. Th e most popular operating system is Windows. In terms of applications, the managers most often use the most popular package MS Offi ce. Th e research involves an analysis of the intensity of the ICT use by managers with emphasis on agricultural enterprises in the Slovak Republic. Th e scientifi c article presents the results of an implemented survey focusing on the intensity of the ICT use by managers and the verifi cation of the hypothesis of a signifi cant infl uence of a manager's job position on the intensity of the ICT use in the company. Intensity of ICT use by managers of agricultural enterprises

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Information, Direct Access to Farmers, and Rural Market Performance in Central India

Cited by 220 publications

References 17 publications

Assessing the Role of Mobile Phones in Offering Price Information and Market Linkages: The Case of M‐Farm in Kenya

Assessing the Role of Mobile Phones in Offering Price Information and Market Linkages: The Case of M‐Farm in Kenya

A text message away: ICTs as a tool to improve food security

Intensity of ICT use by managers of agricultural enterprises

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