Okello, Julius J.Ofwona Adera, EdithMbatia, Oliver L.E2010-03-082010-03-082009http://hdl.handle.net/10625/42078PowerPoint presentationThis 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.Text1 digital file (21 p. : ill.)enSMALLHOLDER FARMERSMARKET ACCESSICT ACCESS AND USAGEAGRICULTURAL MARKET CHAINSAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYMOBILE PHONESSMALLHOLDERSACCESS TO MARKETSKENYASHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS)SUNFLOWER SEEDSSOUTH OF SAHARAPresentation