How farmers are making the most of digital technologies in East Africa: Stories from the field

cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.number6en
cg.placeWageningenen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.ctaICTen
dc.contributor.authorPye-Smith, Charlieen
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-20T21:35:50Zen
dc.date.available2018-02-20T21:35:50Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/91048
dc.titleHow farmers are making the most of digital technologies in East Africa: Stories from the fielden
dcterms.abstractInformation and communication technologies (ICTs) offer unprecedented opportunities to transform agriculture in Africa. ICT innovations are opening up exciting opportunities for young entrepreneurs to engage at various stages of the agricultural value chain, from developing solutions that make the agri-food sector more productive to setting up services that facilitate market access for smallholder producers. Ready and timely access to extensive data is helping to boost farm productivity while improving resource use efficiency and reducing the need for expensive inputs. The stories told here show that ICTs are enabling farmers to access information about everything from the weather to market prices, from agricultural best practice to controlling pests and diseases. Mobile platforms are also helping farmers to gain access to credit and therefore the means to improve their productivity and incomes. In short, ICTs are helping to make agriculture more profitable and sustainable.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPye-Smith, C. 2018. How farmers are making the most of digital technologies in East Africa. CTA Stories from the field 6. Wageningen: CTAen
dcterms.isPartOfCTA Stories from the fielden
dcterms.issued2018-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; Non-commercial use only
dcterms.publisherTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
dcterms.typeReport

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