Information technology approaches to agriculture and nutrition in the developing world: a systems theory analysis of the mNutrition program in Malawi

Huggins, Chris; Valverde, Alvaro

doi:10.1007/s12571-017-0750-7

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“…Although extension services have started integrating modern ICT tools to disseminate information in developing countries, gender bias continues to exist due to women's poor access to these resources. Huggins and Valverde (2018) studied the mobile nutrition program (m-Nutrition), which did lead to improved nutrition, food security, and livelihoods for rural women and children through mobile-phone-based information services in Malawi. Weber et al (2018) showed that the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has been functional in the United States since the 1970s and has provided positive nutritional outcomes.…”

Section: Ict As a Means Of Improved Agricultural Productivity And Nut...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture

Sachs¹,

Jensen²,

Castellanos³

et al. 2020

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The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture covers major theoretical issues as well as critical empirical shifts in gender and agriculture.Gender relations in agriculture are shifting in most regions of the world with changes in the structure of agriculture, the organization of production, international restructuring of value chains, climate change, the global pandemic, and national and multinational policy changes.This book provides a cutting-edge assessment of the field of gender and agriculture, with contributions from both leading scholars and up-and-coming academics as well as policymakers and practitioners.The handbook is organized into four parts: part 1, institutions, markets, and policies; part 2, land, labor, and agrarian transformations; part 3, knowledge, methods, and access to information; and part 4, farming people and identities. The last chapter is an epilogue from many of the contributors focusing on gender, agriculture, and shifting food systems during the coronavirus pandemic. The chapters address both historical subjects as well as ground-breaking work on gender and agriculture, which will help to chart the future of the field.The handbook has an international focus with contributions examining issues at both the global and local levels with contributors from across the world.With contributions from leading academics, policymakers, and practitioners, and with a global outlook, the Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture is an essential reference volume for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in gender and agriculture.

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Section: Ict As a Means Of Improved Agricultural Productivity And Nut...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture

Sachs¹,

Jensen²,

Castellanos³

et al. 2020

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“…SMS or IVR services for MNCH have been launched at a large scale through public-private partnerships in several LMIC, including Bangladesh [58], Tanzania [62], South Africa [40], India [64] and eight sub-Saharan African countries participating in the GSMA mNutrition initiative [65]. Public-private partnerships are essential to achieve sustained implementation at-scale, but challenging to build and maintain as it is not easy to align the goals and perspectives of diverse stakeholders [43,65]. These large-scale programmes deliver regular SMS or IVR messages to personal phones, with content tailored to the subscriber’s stage of pregnancy or infancy.…”

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confidence: 99%

Use of mobile phones for behavior change communication to improve maternal, newborn and child health: a scoping review

Mildon

Sellen

2019

Journal of Global Health

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BackgroundBehavior change communication (BCC) to improve health and caring practices is an integral component of efforts to improve maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH). Mobile phones are widely available in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), presenting new opportunities for BCC delivery. There is need for delivery science to determine how best to leverage mobile phone technology for BCC to improve MNCH practices.MethodsWe conducted a scoping review of studies and project reports documenting the feasibility, implementation or effectiveness of using mobile phones for BCC delivery related to MNCH in LMIC. Data were extracted and synthesized from three sources: i) systematic search of three electronic databases (PubMed, MedLine, Scopus); ii) grey literature search, including mHealth databases and websites of organizations implementing mHealth projects; iii) consultation with researchers and programme implementers. Records were screened using pre-determined inclusion criteria and those selected were categorized according to their primary intervention delivery approaches. We then performed a descriptive analysis of the evidence related to both effectiveness and implementation for each delivery approach.ResultsThe systematic literature search identified 1374 unique records, 64 of which met inclusion criteria. The grey literature search added 32 records for a total of 96 papers in the scoping review. Content analysis of the search results identified four BCC delivery approaches: direct messaging, voice counseling, job aid applications and interactive media. Evidence for the effectiveness of these approaches is growing but remains limited for many MNCH outcomes. The four approaches differ in key implementation elements, including frequency, length and complexity of communication, and potential for personalization. These elements influence resource allocation and are likely to impact effectiveness for BCC targeting complex, habitual MNCH practices.ConclusionsThis scoping review contributes to the evidence-base on the opportunities and limitations of using mobile phones for BCC delivery aiming to improve MNCH practices. The incorporation of mobile phone technology in BCC interventions should be guided by formative research to match both the content and delivery approach to the local context. We recommend five areas for further research, including both effectiveness and implementation studies on specific delivery approaches.

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“…In Korea, technology innovation in agriculture used to focus on food processing rather than farming practices in the past. However, the recent trend involves eco-friendly farming practices, precision agriculture and seed breeding techniques which requires high-level technical and managerial skills at the farm-level (Huggins & Valverde, 2018; Murakami et al, 2007; Paustian & Theuvsen, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The main reason why PATs are attracting attention is that the convergence between agricultural technology and IT builds an efficient communication system in the agricultural sector, which includes entire relationships between factors and products, products and farmers and farmers and farmers (Cox, 2002). Similarly, Huggins and Valverde (2018) proposed the complexities as an underlying factor for the increasing significance of IT in the agricultural sector. That is, the multiple goals of agriculture such as improving nutrition, food security and livelihood for rural women and children create complexities in the agricultural sector, which requires IT to manage itself.…”

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Technological Changes in Agriculture and Information Technology: Centrality and Citation Analyses of South Korean Agricultural Patent Data

Lim¹,

Jung²

2019

Science, Technology and Society

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This study analyses recent changes in the agricultural technology trends at the current pace of its convergence with information technology (IT) using South Korean agricultural patent data from 2000 to 2015. This article focuses on the structural changes in agricultural technology in terms of patent applications by specific technology sector between the two periods: Period 1 (2000–2007) and Period 2 (2008–2015). Accordingly, we performed centrality analysis to measure the importance of each agricultural technology based on International Patent Classification (IPC) sub-classes. We also conducted citation analysis to identify whether the proportion of backward and forward citations of agricultural patents had significantly changed between the two periods. The results of the centrality analysis suggest that, whereas food technology was the most important technology sector in agriculture during both the periods, agricultural production technology experienced a considerable increase in its share in agriculture in Period 2. The results of the citation analysis confirm a substantial degree of interconnectivity between agricultural technology and non-agricultural technologies.

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Information technology approaches to agriculture and nutrition in the developing world: a systems theory analysis of the mNutrition program in Malawi

Cited by 8 publications

References 45 publications

Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture

Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture

Use of mobile phones for behavior change communication to improve maternal, newborn and child health: a scoping review

Technological Changes in Agriculture and Information Technology: Centrality and Citation Analyses of South Korean Agricultural Patent Data

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