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...

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Main Authors:	Goyal, Aparajita, González-Velosa, Carolina
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	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
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