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    2. Africa short on phones despite mobile phone growth

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2004-09
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C24022
    Journal Title:
    Appropriate Technology
    Journal Title Details:
    31(3) : 49
    Notes:
    Apart from describing the shortage of mobile phones, the report indicates that growth in mobile phone usage is concentrated in urban areas and is "creating a widening communication gap between rural and urban communities."

    5. Entering the European information society: four rural development projects

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Gripenberg, P. (author), Skogseid, I. (author), Botto, F. (author), Silli, A. (author), and Tuunainen, V.K. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2004
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22119
    Journal Title:
    Information Society
    Journal Title Details:
    20(1) : 3-14

    7. Half of the world is now online, says UN agency

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kan, Michael (author)
    Format:
    Journal article summary
    Publication Date:
    2018
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: D11297
    Journal Title:
    PC Magazine
    Notes:
    2 pages., Via online summary of an online article dated December 10, 2018, from PCMag.com., "This represents an important step towards a more inclusive global information society," International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary General Houlin Zhao said in a statement. However, he added that more needs to be done to connect the rest of the world to internet.

    9. Reaching poor farmers in rural Kenya with market information

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    United Nations - Habitat.
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    2005
    Published:
    Kenya
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23736
    Notes:
    Best practices database in improving the living environment. 2 pages., Describes a market information system and service for smallholder farmers, using low-cost information and communication technologies. During the last season, farmers who used the MIS to market their maize obtained 22% higher prices than those who did not.