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    27. Impact of SMS-based agricultural information on Indian farmers

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Fafchamps, Marcel (author) and Minten, Burt (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2012-10
    Published:
    India
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06186
    Journal Title:
    World Bank Economic Review
    Journal Title Details:
    26(3) : 383-414
    Notes:
    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.

    28. Mobile phones and rural livelihoods: diffusion, uses and perceived impacts among farmers in rural Uganda

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Martin, Brandie Lee (author) and Abbott, Eric (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2011
    Published:
    Uganda
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06215
    Journal Title:
    Information Technologies and International Development
    Journal Title Details:
    7(4) : 17-34
    Notes:
    Identifies farmers' uses of mobile phones beyond those often identified (e.g., market and weather information).