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.
Gaiani, Silvia (author) and Dipartimento di Economia e Ingegneria Agrarie, Universita di Bologna.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28332
Notes:
DEIAgra Working Paper 08-002. 17 pages., Examines whether the use of e-Choupal for information dissemination and service delivery leads to improvements in farmers' quality of decisions. E-Choupal is the largest information technology-based intervention created in rural India by a corporate entity, the Indian Tobacco Company.
Glantz, Michael (author / National Center for Atmospheric Research, Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG), Boulder, CO) and National Center for Atmospheric Research, Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG), Boulder, CO
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 33 Document Number: B03505