Improving Agricultural Productivity and Market Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean : How ICTs Can Make a Difference?
Agricultural growth rates in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region have been much slower than the rest of the developing world. In the regions of East Asia, South Asia and Middle East and North Africa, the annual growth of agricultural G...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/16240673/improving-agricultural-productivity-market-efficiency-latin-america-caribbean-icts-can-make-difference http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18017 |
| id |
okr-10986-18017 |
|---|---|
| recordtype |
oai_dc |
| repository_type |
Digital Repository |
| institution_category |
Foreign Institution |
| institution |
Digital Repositories |
| building |
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository |
| collection |
World Bank |
| language |
English en_US |
| topic |
ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO MARKETS ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL EXPORT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL POPULATION AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SALES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION AGRICULTURE SECTOR ARABLE LAND BANANA BANANAS BROADCASTS BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESSES BUYER BUYERS CARIBBEAN REGION CELL PHONES CHILD LABOR CLIMATE CHANGE COMMODITY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPETITIVENESS CREDIT MARKETS CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP VARIETIES CUTTING DAIRY DAIRY CORPORATION DAIRY FARMERS DEFORESTATION DEMAND FOR FOOD DIGITAL DIVIDE DIRECT MARKETING DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DOMESTIC CONSUMERS E-LEARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXTENSION AGENTS EXTENSION SERVICES FAIR TRADE FARM FARM EMPLOYMENT FARMERS FARMING METHODS FARMING TECHNOLOGIES FARMLAND FARMS FEED FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FISH FISHERIES FIXED COST FLOW OF INFORMATION FOOD DEMAND FOOD INDUSTRY FOOD MARKETS FOOD PRICES FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SAFETY FOOD SALES FOOD SECURITY FOOD SERVICES GLOBAL POVERTY GLOBALIZATION GRAIN HARNESS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL ICT ILLITERACY INCOME SMOOTHING INFORMATION FLOWS INFORMATION GAPS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATION INSTALLATION INSTANT MESSAGING INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS IRRIGATION KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION LACK OF INFORMATION LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND REFORMS LAND RIGHTS LANDHOLDINGS LIMITED ACCESS MARKET INFORMATION MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MEAT MILK MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES NETWORKS NEW MARKETS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY NGOS PERSONAL COMPUTERS PESTS PILOT PROJECT POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POOR RURAL AREAS PRICE INFORMATION PRIVATE INFORMATION PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PRODUCER SURPLUS PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY REQUIREMENTS QUALITY STANDARDS RADIO REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL STUDY REMOTE AREAS RESULT RESULTS RETAIL SALES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL REGIONS RURAL SERVICE PROVISION RURAL SERVICES RURAL VILLAGES SANITATION SATELLITE SEARCH SMALL FARMERS SMALL HOLDERS SOCIOLOGY SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS SPATIAL DISPERSION SUBSISTENCE SUPERMARKET SUPERMARKETS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAINS SUPPLY NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATION TELEPHONE TELEPHONE SERVICES TELEVISION TRACEABILITY TRADE BARRIERS TRANSACTION TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION USERS VALUE CHAINS VOLUME WHITE PAPER WIRELESS SERVICES |
| spellingShingle |
ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO MARKETS ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL EXPORT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL POPULATION AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SALES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION AGRICULTURE SECTOR ARABLE LAND BANANA BANANAS BROADCASTS BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESSES BUYER BUYERS CARIBBEAN REGION CELL PHONES CHILD LABOR CLIMATE CHANGE COMMODITY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPETITIVENESS CREDIT MARKETS CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP VARIETIES CUTTING DAIRY DAIRY CORPORATION DAIRY FARMERS DEFORESTATION DEMAND FOR FOOD DIGITAL DIVIDE DIRECT MARKETING DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DOMESTIC CONSUMERS E-LEARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXTENSION AGENTS EXTENSION SERVICES FAIR TRADE FARM FARM EMPLOYMENT FARMERS FARMING METHODS FARMING TECHNOLOGIES FARMLAND FARMS FEED FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FISH FISHERIES FIXED COST FLOW OF INFORMATION FOOD DEMAND FOOD INDUSTRY FOOD MARKETS FOOD PRICES FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SAFETY FOOD SALES FOOD SECURITY FOOD SERVICES GLOBAL POVERTY GLOBALIZATION GRAIN HARNESS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL ICT ILLITERACY INCOME SMOOTHING INFORMATION FLOWS INFORMATION GAPS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATION INSTALLATION INSTANT MESSAGING INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS IRRIGATION KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION LACK OF INFORMATION LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND REFORMS LAND RIGHTS LANDHOLDINGS LIMITED ACCESS MARKET INFORMATION MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MEAT MILK MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES NETWORKS NEW MARKETS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY NGOS PERSONAL COMPUTERS PESTS PILOT PROJECT POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POOR RURAL AREAS PRICE INFORMATION PRIVATE INFORMATION PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PRODUCER SURPLUS PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY REQUIREMENTS QUALITY STANDARDS RADIO REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL STUDY REMOTE AREAS RESULT RESULTS RETAIL SALES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL REGIONS RURAL SERVICE PROVISION RURAL SERVICES RURAL VILLAGES SANITATION SATELLITE SEARCH SMALL FARMERS SMALL HOLDERS SOCIOLOGY SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS SPATIAL DISPERSION SUBSISTENCE SUPERMARKET SUPERMARKETS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAINS SUPPLY NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATION TELEPHONE TELEPHONE SERVICES TELEVISION TRACEABILITY TRADE BARRIERS TRANSACTION TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION USERS VALUE CHAINS VOLUME WHITE PAPER WIRELESS SERVICES Goyal, Aparajita González-Velosa, Carolina Improving Agricultural Productivity and Market Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean : How ICTs Can Make a Difference? |
| geographic_facet |
Latin America & Caribbean |
| relation |
LCSSD occasional paper series on food prices; |
| description |
Agricultural growth rates in the Latin
America and the Caribbean (LAC) region have been much slower
than the rest of the developing world. In the regions of
East Asia, South Asia and Middle East and North Africa, the
annual growth of agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
in 1980-2004 exceeded 3 percent, while growth in Sub-
Saharan Africa averaged almost 3 percent. This paper
attempts to present an overview of the agricultural sector
in LAC, discuss its distinctive features, and the potential
role of Information and Communication Technology's
(ICTs) in improving agricultural productivity and market
efficiency in this region. The discussion in this paper will
refer to the evidence provided by studies that evaluate the
impact of ICTs interventions. While the emphasis will be put
on the studies that evaluate interventions in the LAC
region, there will also be references to studies in other
developing economies whenever these are pertinent to the LAC
context. The commercialization of agricultural products has
suffered important transformations in recent decades, posing
big challenges for farmers in the LAC region. Finally, the
adoption of agricultural technologies will also be
constrained by insecure land rights. Investing in
technologies with long-run returns will not be attractive if
farmers are uncertain about their property rights in the
future (Jack, 2011). This is certainly an issue in several
countries in LAC, where land conflicts, expropriation and de
facto ownership are common. |
| format |
Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
| author |
Goyal, Aparajita González-Velosa, Carolina |
| author_facet |
Goyal, Aparajita González-Velosa, Carolina |
| author_sort |
Goyal, Aparajita |
| title |
Improving Agricultural Productivity and Market Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean : How ICTs Can Make a Difference? |
| title_short |
Improving Agricultural Productivity and Market Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean : How ICTs Can Make a Difference? |
| title_full |
Improving Agricultural Productivity and Market Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean : How ICTs Can Make a Difference? |
| title_fullStr |
Improving Agricultural Productivity and Market Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean : How ICTs Can Make a Difference? |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Improving Agricultural Productivity and Market Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean : How ICTs Can Make a Difference? |
| title_sort |
improving agricultural productivity and market efficiency in latin america and the caribbean : how icts can make a difference? |
| publisher |
World Bank, Washington, DC |
| publishDate |
2014 |
| url |
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/16240673/improving-agricultural-productivity-market-efficiency-latin-america-caribbean-icts-can-make-difference http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18017 |
| _version_ |
1764435937332297728 |
| spelling |
okr-10986-180172021-04-23T14:03:35Z Improving Agricultural Productivity and Market Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean : How ICTs Can Make a Difference? Goyal, Aparajita González-Velosa, Carolina ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO MARKETS ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL EXPORT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL POPULATION AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SALES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION AGRICULTURE SECTOR ARABLE LAND BANANA BANANAS BROADCASTS BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESSES BUYER BUYERS CARIBBEAN REGION CELL PHONES CHILD LABOR CLIMATE CHANGE COMMODITY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPETITIVENESS CREDIT MARKETS CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP VARIETIES CUTTING DAIRY DAIRY CORPORATION DAIRY FARMERS DEFORESTATION DEMAND FOR FOOD DIGITAL DIVIDE DIRECT MARKETING DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DOMESTIC CONSUMERS E-LEARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXTENSION AGENTS EXTENSION SERVICES FAIR TRADE FARM FARM EMPLOYMENT FARMERS FARMING METHODS FARMING TECHNOLOGIES FARMLAND FARMS FEED FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FISH FISHERIES FIXED COST FLOW OF INFORMATION FOOD DEMAND FOOD INDUSTRY FOOD MARKETS FOOD PRICES FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SAFETY FOOD SALES FOOD SECURITY FOOD SERVICES GLOBAL POVERTY GLOBALIZATION GRAIN HARNESS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL ICT ILLITERACY INCOME SMOOTHING INFORMATION FLOWS INFORMATION GAPS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATION INSTALLATION INSTANT MESSAGING INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS IRRIGATION KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION LACK OF INFORMATION LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND REFORMS LAND RIGHTS LANDHOLDINGS LIMITED ACCESS MARKET INFORMATION MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MEAT MILK MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES NETWORKS NEW MARKETS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY NGOS PERSONAL COMPUTERS PESTS PILOT PROJECT POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POOR RURAL AREAS PRICE INFORMATION PRIVATE INFORMATION PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PRODUCER SURPLUS PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY REQUIREMENTS QUALITY STANDARDS RADIO REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL STUDY REMOTE AREAS RESULT RESULTS RETAIL SALES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL REGIONS RURAL SERVICE PROVISION RURAL SERVICES RURAL VILLAGES SANITATION SATELLITE SEARCH SMALL FARMERS SMALL HOLDERS SOCIOLOGY SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS SPATIAL DISPERSION SUBSISTENCE SUPERMARKET SUPERMARKETS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAINS SUPPLY NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATION TELEPHONE TELEPHONE SERVICES TELEVISION TRACEABILITY TRADE BARRIERS TRANSACTION TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION USERS VALUE CHAINS VOLUME WHITE PAPER WIRELESS SERVICES Agricultural growth rates in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region have been much slower than the rest of the developing world. In the regions of East Asia, South Asia and Middle East and North Africa, the annual growth of agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 1980-2004 exceeded 3 percent, while growth in Sub- Saharan Africa averaged almost 3 percent. This paper attempts to present an overview of the agricultural sector in LAC, discuss its distinctive features, and the potential role of Information and Communication Technology's (ICTs) in improving agricultural productivity and market efficiency in this region. The discussion in this paper will refer to the evidence provided by studies that evaluate the impact of ICTs interventions. While the emphasis will be put on the studies that evaluate interventions in the LAC region, there will also be references to studies in other developing economies whenever these are pertinent to the LAC context. The commercialization of agricultural products has suffered important transformations in recent decades, posing big challenges for farmers in the LAC region. Finally, the adoption of agricultural technologies will also be constrained by insecure land rights. Investing in technologies with long-run returns will not be attractive if farmers are uncertain about their property rights in the future (Jack, 2011). This is certainly an issue in several countries in LAC, where land conflicts, expropriation and de facto ownership are common. 2014-04-22T21:37:43Z 2014-04-22T21:37:43Z 2012-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/16240673/improving-agricultural-productivity-market-efficiency-latin-america-caribbean-icts-can-make-difference http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18017 English en_US LCSSD occasional paper series on food prices; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean |