Improving Agricultural Productivity and Markets : The Role of Information and Communication Technologies
Raising the productivity of smallholders is a necessary condition for increasing incomes and improving livelihoods among the rural poor in most developing countries. This increased productivity is essential to both household food security and to...
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okr-10986-94962021-04-23T14:02:45Z Improving Agricultural Productivity and Markets : The Role of Information and Communication Technologies McNamara, Kerry ACCESS TO INFORMATION AFFORDABLE ACCESS AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURE BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESSES CELL PHONE CELL PHONES COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMODITIES COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONNECTIVITY DIGITAL DIVIDE ECOLOGY ECONOMICS EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMERS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SERVICES FISH FISHERIES GENDER GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT SERVICES ICT INCOMES INFORMATION ACCESS INFORMATION ECONOMY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATION SYSTEMS INNOVATIONS INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION LIVELIHOODS MARKET INFORMATION MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MARKET PRICES MARKETING MIDDLEMEN MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MOBILE SERVICES NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS NETWORKS NEW MARKET PHOTO PRICE INFORMATION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SERVICES RADIO REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RELIABLE ACCESS RESULT RURAL ACCESS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SEARCH SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE MODELS SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL SERVICES SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS SOILS SUPPLY CHAINS TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT TEXT TRANSACTION TRANSACTION SERVICES TRANSACTION SYSTEMS VALUE CHAIN WEB Raising the productivity of smallholders is a necessary condition for increasing incomes and improving livelihoods among the rural poor in most developing countries. This increased productivity is essential to both household food security and to agriculture-based growth and poverty reduction in the larger economy. Smallholder productivity is limited by a variety of constraints including poor soils, unpredictable rainfall, and imperfect markets, as well as lack of access to productive resources, financial services, or infrastructure. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are also vitally important to commercial and large-scale agriculture, and to agriculture-related services and infrastructure such as weather monitoring and irrigation. This note focuses on the sometimes less-obvious importance of ICT in improving the information, communication, transaction, and networking elements of smallholder agriculture in developing countries. 2012-08-13T08:46:03Z 2012-08-13T08:46:03Z 2009-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10680891/improving-agricultural-productivity-markets-role-information-communication-technologies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9496 English Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 47 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION AFFORDABLE ACCESS AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURE BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESSES CELL PHONE CELL PHONES COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMODITIES COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONNECTIVITY DIGITAL DIVIDE ECOLOGY ECONOMICS EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMERS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SERVICES FISH FISHERIES GENDER GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT SERVICES ICT INCOMES INFORMATION ACCESS INFORMATION ECONOMY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATION SYSTEMS INNOVATIONS INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION LIVELIHOODS MARKET INFORMATION MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MARKET PRICES MARKETING MIDDLEMEN MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MOBILE SERVICES NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS NETWORKS NEW MARKET PHOTO PRICE INFORMATION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SERVICES RADIO REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RELIABLE ACCESS RESULT RURAL ACCESS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SEARCH SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE MODELS SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL SERVICES SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS SOILS SUPPLY CHAINS TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT TEXT TRANSACTION TRANSACTION SERVICES TRANSACTION SYSTEMS VALUE CHAIN WEB |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION AFFORDABLE ACCESS AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURE BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESSES CELL PHONE CELL PHONES COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMODITIES COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONNECTIVITY DIGITAL DIVIDE ECOLOGY ECONOMICS EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMERS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SERVICES FISH FISHERIES GENDER GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT SERVICES ICT INCOMES INFORMATION ACCESS INFORMATION ECONOMY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATION SYSTEMS INNOVATIONS INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION LIVELIHOODS MARKET INFORMATION MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MARKET PRICES MARKETING MIDDLEMEN MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MOBILE SERVICES NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS NETWORKS NEW MARKET PHOTO PRICE INFORMATION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SERVICES RADIO REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RELIABLE ACCESS RESULT RURAL ACCESS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SEARCH SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE MODELS SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL SERVICES SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS SOILS SUPPLY CHAINS TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT TEXT TRANSACTION TRANSACTION SERVICES TRANSACTION SYSTEMS VALUE CHAIN WEB McNamara, Kerry Improving Agricultural Productivity and Markets : The Role of Information and Communication Technologies |
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Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 47 |
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Raising the productivity of smallholders
is a necessary condition for increasing incomes and
improving livelihoods among the rural poor in most
developing countries. This increased productivity is
essential to both household food security and to
agriculture-based growth and poverty reduction in the larger
economy. Smallholder productivity is limited by a variety of
constraints including poor soils, unpredictable rainfall,
and imperfect markets, as well as lack of access to
productive resources, financial services, or infrastructure.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) are also
vitally important to commercial and large-scale agriculture,
and to agriculture-related services and infrastructure such
as weather monitoring and irrigation. This note focuses on
the sometimes less-obvious importance of ICT in improving
the information, communication, transaction, and networking
elements of smallholder agriculture in developing countries. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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McNamara, Kerry |
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McNamara, Kerry |
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McNamara, Kerry |
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Improving Agricultural Productivity and Markets : The Role of Information and Communication Technologies |
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Improving Agricultural Productivity and Markets : The Role of Information and Communication Technologies |
| title_full |
Improving Agricultural Productivity and Markets : The Role of Information and Communication Technologies |
| title_fullStr |
Improving Agricultural Productivity and Markets : The Role of Information and Communication Technologies |
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Improving Agricultural Productivity and Markets : The Role of Information and Communication Technologies |
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improving agricultural productivity and markets : the role of information and communication technologies |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10680891/improving-agricultural-productivity-markets-role-information-communication-technologies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9496 |
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