The Impact of Receiving Price and Climate Information in the Agricultural Sector

Adriana Camacho and Emily Conover

No 3099, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: Previous studies indicate that Colombian farmers make production decisions based on informal sources of information, such as family and neighbors or tradition. In this paper the authors randomize recipients of price and weather information using text messages (SMS technology). The authors find that relative to those farmers who did not receive SMS information, the farmers who did were more likely to provide market price information, had a narrower dispersion in the expected price of their crops, and had a significant reduction in crop loss. Farmers also report that text messages provide useful information, especially in regards to sale prices. The results do not find, however, a significant difference between the treated and untreated farmers in the actual sale price, nor changes in farmers' revenues or household expenditures.

Keywords: Randomized evaluation; Price and weather information in agriculture; Bargaining; Spillovers; SMS technology; sms text messages; colombia; agricultural research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D62 Q11 Q12 Q13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-05
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Working Paper: The Impact of Receiving Price and Climate Information in the Agricultural Sector (2011)
Working Paper: The Impact of Receiving Price and Climate Information in the Agricultural Sector (2010)
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