Ghanaian farmers get customized farming information via SMS messages
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 08:20
in Mathematics & Economics
FoodAfrica work package no. 6 focuses on improving market access for small-scale farming through the provision of market information by modern information and communication technology. In Ghana the FoodAfrica partner IFPRI, together with a local network operator Esoko, has recently started providing agricultural market information, such as customized crop price information, to sample households twice a week via SMS messages. Soon a similar service will be tested also in Uganda.