The Impact of ICT on Vegetable Farmers in Honduras

Allan Edgardo Pineda Burgos, Marco Antonio Agüero Rodríguez and Sandra Karina Espinoza

No 3072, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: Honduran farmers are at a disadvantage when dealing with intermediaries because they lack timely information about market prices. This paper first analyzes which information and communications technology (ICT) would be most suitable for sending price information to producers scattered throughout the country at a reasonable cost and in a sustainable way. Negotiations by two groups of farmers were compared: one to which market prices were not sent (control) and one to which prices were sent (treatment). A simple uninterrupted time series research design was used, followed by linear regression analysis and univariant analyses to determine the cases in which the treatment had an impact on farmers' negotiations. Findings are reported, as well as recommendations and lessons learned.

Keywords: IDB-WP-243; agricultural research; ICT; Information and communications technology; Cell phones; SMS; Communication for development; Honduras; Central America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 O33 Q12 Q13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-03
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