Information and communication technologies: Farmers, markets, and the power of connectivity

Maximo Torero

Chapter 6 in 2013 Global Food Policy Report, 2014, pp 63-74 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Roughly three-fourths of the world’s poor live in rural areas. What role can information and communication technologies play in empowering them? This chapter explores the potential for these technologies, especially mobile phones, to stimulate agricultural and rural development through the provision of information and capacity-building opportunities.

Keywords: agricultural policies; nutrition policies; food policy; food security; Nutrition; Hunger; undernourishment; stunting; malnutrition; intensification; Agricultural research; research and development; information and communication technology (ICT); technology adoption; social safety nets; social protection; Markets; trade; economic development; agricultural development; agricultural production; Smallholders; productivity; economic indicators; Eastern Europe; Europe; South West Asia; Central Asia; South Asia; Asia; Africa south of Sahara; North Africa; Africa; Middle East; Latin America; South America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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