Experiment using a commercial service called Reuters Market Lights. Market, weather and other information provided to farmers by mobile phones resulted in no statistically significant average treatment effect on the prices received by farmers, crop losses resulting from rainstorms, or the likelihood of changing crop varieties and cultivation practices.
Katz, Richard W. (author), Murphy, Allan H. (author), Stewart, Thomas R. (author), and Stewart, Katz: The National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; Murphy: Oregon State University, Department of Atmospheric Science
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1984
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 68 Document Number: C02793