Using ICT to integrate smallholder farmers into agricultural value chains : the case of DrumNet in Kenya; paper presented at IAAE eARN Africa Symposium, Beijing, August 19, 2009

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dc.contributor.authorOkello, Julius J.
dc.contributor.authorOfwona Adera, Edith
dc.contributor.authorMbatia, Oliver L.E
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-08T18:43:58Z
dc.date.available2010-03-08T18:43:58Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionPowerPoint presentationen
dc.description.abstractThis presentation looks at the effect of the DrumNet intervention in smallholder sunflower production in Kenya. DrumNet is a mobile service that allows farmers to check current market prices for their produce at a range of locations. It aims to resolve the constraints of small farmers through a mobile phone-based platform. Poor market linkages contribute to the “low equilibrium poverty trap” (low investment, low harvests, low marketable surplus). DrumNet provides three sets of business support services – marketing, finance, and information – as an integrated package for small farmers that have typically been unable to move into better paying output markets.en
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dc.format.extent1 digital file (21 p. : ill.)en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/42078
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Nairobi, Nairobi, KEen
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMERSen
dc.subjectMARKET ACCESSen
dc.subjectICT ACCESS AND USAGEen
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL MARKET CHAINSen
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONen
dc.subjectINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYen
dc.subjectMOBILE PHONESen
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDERSen
dc.subjectACCESS TO MARKETSen
dc.subjectKENYAen
dc.subjectSHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS)en
dc.subjectSUNFLOWER SEEDSen
dc.subjectSOUTH OF SAHARAen
dc.titleUsing ICT to integrate smallholder farmers into agricultural value chains : the case of DrumNet in Kenya; paper presented at IAAE eARN Africa Symposium, Beijing, August 19, 2009en
dc.typePresentationen
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.componentnumber103745001
idrc.project.number103745
idrc.project.titleDrumNet : Building a GSM-enabled Information System for Smallholder Farmers in Kenya - Phase IIen
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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