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Digital technologies for agricultural and rural development in the global south /

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Digital technologies for agricultural and rural development in the global south /

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edited by Richard Duncombe

Boston, MA :

CABI,

[2018]

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1 online resource (xxi, 142 pages) :

illustrations, maps

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 -- Can smart phones support monitoring functions: experiences from sweet potato vines distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa / Luka M. Wanjohi -- Customised information delivery for dryland farmers / Amit Chakravarty, Sumanth Kumar and Mukund D. Patil -- mNutrition: can mobile messaging promote agricultural and health behaviour change for improved nutrition security? / Charlotte Jordan -- A technology stewardship model to encourage ICT adoption in agricultural communities of practice: reflections on a Canada/Sri Lanka partnership project / Gordon Gow -- Farmforce: linking smallholder farmers in developing countries to formal markets / 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 -- Theories of change in ICT for agricultural and rural development / Andy Dearden and Linus Kendall -- Transformational vs. incremental change enabled by mobile for agriculture (m4Ag) services: evidence from East Africa / Richard Duncombe -- Hybridisation of logics in rural agriculture: shifting practices amongst small-holder farmers in rural Ghana / Stan Karanasios and Mira Slavova -- Farmerline: a for-profit agtech company with a social mission / Worlali Senyo -- Key lessons for practitioners

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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?

Digital technologies for agricultural and rural development in the global south.

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Agriculture-- Data processing.

Information technology.

Agricultural development.

Agricultural sector.

Agriculture-- Data processing.

Change.

Diffusion of information.

Information services.

Information systems.

Information technology.

Information technology.

Knowledge.

Mobile telephones.

Rural development.

Telecommunications.

Duncombe, Richard

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