3 pages., Online from publisher website., Following a training course in technology stewardship, actors in the Caribbean's agri-food sector are implementing ICT approaches to provide agricultural advice and support to their local communities
International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11614
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3 pages., Online from publisher., Author addresses "large gap between African extension services ... and the number of farmers being reached." ... "Africa's existing mobile network (currently the second biggest mobile market in the world) could be better utilised to bridge this gap and provide mobile-based agricultural information, advice and support to smallholder farmers."
Morehart, Mitch (author), Stenberg, Peter (author), Brown, Dennis (author), Cromartie, John (author), Vogel, Stephen (author), and Breneman, Vince (author)
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Abstract
Publication Date:
2009-08
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USA: Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29243
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23529
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Posted at: http://www.cddc.vt.edu/knownet/internetinfo-cases.html, KnowNet.org Initiative. 35 pages., Brief summaries (alphabetically, by country) of several dozen projects that address development-related issues and goals through the use of varied information media and methods.