Digital technologies for agricultural and rural development in the global south /
Digital technologies for agricultural and rural development in the global south /
edited by Richard Duncombe.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 142 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mobile phone applications for weather and climate information for small-holder farmers / Amanda Caine, Chris Clarke, Graham Clarkson and Peter Dorward -- Smartphones supporting monitoring functions: experiences from sweet potato vine distribution in sub-Saharan Africa / Luka M. Wanjohi andChristopher A. Moturi -- Customised information delivery for dryland farmers / Amit Chakravarty, V.V. Sumanthkumar and Mukund D. Patil -- mNutrition: experiences and lessons learned in content development / Charlotte Day -- Introducing a technology stewardship model to encourage ICT adoption in agricultural communities of practice: reflections on a Canada/Sri Lanka partnership project / Gordon A. Gow -- Reducing transaction costs in contract farming arrangements: the case of Farmforce / Fritz Brugger -- Adoption of ICT products and services among rice farmers in the northern province of Sierra Leone / Simone Sala, Andrea Porro, Alberto Lubatti, and Stefano Bocchi -- The effect of ICTs on agricultural distribution channels in Mexico / Luis Emilo Lastra Gil -- Towards alternate theories of change for M4ARD / Linus Kendall and Andrew Dearden -- Mobile for agriculture (m4Agric) services: evidence from East Africa / Richard Duncombe -- Understanding the impacts of mobile technology on smallholder agriculture / Stan Karanasios and Mira Slavova -- Farmerline: a for-profit agtech company with a social mission / Worlali Senyo -- Best practice lessons and further sources of information / Richard Duncombe.
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The aim of this book is to share research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global South: specifically to bring together the perspectives of academic researchers from diverse disciplines with those of practitioners with experience in implementing mobile applications and agricultural information systems in differing country contexts. Part 1 (chapters 1-4) focuses on the creation and sharing of knowledge. Principally, the contributors explore the ways in which agricultural knowledge can be turned into effective practice, and the role that digital technologies can play in this process. Part Two (chapters 5-8) examines knowledge intermediaries, the organizations or individuals who stand between the farmers themselves and the markets and institutions with whom they interact (e.g., suppliers of inputs and finance, buyers of produce and providers of knowledge and assistance). The contributions are centrally concerned with how mobile technologies effect the agency and capabilities of end users to act on content provided through digital channels, and how producers are able to change their behaviour on the basis of data and information that can be accessed via digital technologies. Part 3 (chapters 9-13) provides different perspectives on how digital technologies can facilitate change in agricultural systems. A central theme relates to 'disruption' versus 'sustainability' of existing agricultural structures and processes. A key question examined is what kinds of institutional impacts are produced by content (knowledge) diffusion initiatives, and what are the challenges of successfully bridging business and development interests in the agricultural sector through use of digital technologies?
9781786393340 9781786393357
Agriculture--Data processing.
Information technology.
Agricultural development.
Agricultural sector.
Change.
Diffusion of information.
Information services.
Information systems.
Information technology.
Knowledge.
Mobile telephones.
Rural development.
Telecommunications.
S494.5.D3 / D54 2018eb
338.10285
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mobile phone applications for weather and climate information for small-holder farmers / Amanda Caine, Chris Clarke, Graham Clarkson and Peter Dorward -- Smartphones supporting monitoring functions: experiences from sweet potato vine distribution in sub-Saharan Africa / Luka M. Wanjohi andChristopher A. Moturi -- Customised information delivery for dryland farmers / Amit Chakravarty, V.V. Sumanthkumar and Mukund D. Patil -- mNutrition: experiences and lessons learned in content development / Charlotte Day -- Introducing a technology stewardship model to encourage ICT adoption in agricultural communities of practice: reflections on a Canada/Sri Lanka partnership project / Gordon A. Gow -- Reducing transaction costs in contract farming arrangements: the case of Farmforce / Fritz Brugger -- Adoption of ICT products and services among rice farmers in the northern province of Sierra Leone / Simone Sala, Andrea Porro, Alberto Lubatti, and Stefano Bocchi -- The effect of ICTs on agricultural distribution channels in Mexico / Luis Emilo Lastra Gil -- Towards alternate theories of change for M4ARD / Linus Kendall and Andrew Dearden -- Mobile for agriculture (m4Agric) services: evidence from East Africa / Richard Duncombe -- Understanding the impacts of mobile technology on smallholder agriculture / Stan Karanasios and Mira Slavova -- Farmerline: a for-profit agtech company with a social mission / Worlali Senyo -- Best practice lessons and further sources of information / Richard Duncombe.
Access limited to subscribing institution.
The aim of this book is to share research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global South: specifically to bring together the perspectives of academic researchers from diverse disciplines with those of practitioners with experience in implementing mobile applications and agricultural information systems in differing country contexts. Part 1 (chapters 1-4) focuses on the creation and sharing of knowledge. Principally, the contributors explore the ways in which agricultural knowledge can be turned into effective practice, and the role that digital technologies can play in this process. Part Two (chapters 5-8) examines knowledge intermediaries, the organizations or individuals who stand between the farmers themselves and the markets and institutions with whom they interact (e.g., suppliers of inputs and finance, buyers of produce and providers of knowledge and assistance). The contributions are centrally concerned with how mobile technologies effect the agency and capabilities of end users to act on content provided through digital channels, and how producers are able to change their behaviour on the basis of data and information that can be accessed via digital technologies. Part 3 (chapters 9-13) provides different perspectives on how digital technologies can facilitate change in agricultural systems. A central theme relates to 'disruption' versus 'sustainability' of existing agricultural structures and processes. A key question examined is what kinds of institutional impacts are produced by content (knowledge) diffusion initiatives, and what are the challenges of successfully bridging business and development interests in the agricultural sector through use of digital technologies?
9781786393340 9781786393357
Agriculture--Data processing.
Information technology.
Agricultural development.
Agricultural sector.
Change.
Diffusion of information.
Information services.
Information systems.
Information technology.
Knowledge.
Mobile telephones.
Rural development.
Telecommunications.
S494.5.D3 / D54 2018eb
338.10285