Reaching poor farmers in rural Kenya with market information

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    United Nations - Habitat.
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    2005
    URL:
    http://www.bestpractices.org/database/bp_display_best_practice.php?best_practice_id=1091
    Published:
    Kenya
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23736
    Subject Term:
    case studies, corn, economics of information, farmers, information needs, information services, information systems, Internet, Kenya, market information, market reporting, telecommunication, telephone communication, value of information, WWW (World Wide Web), and cellular
    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.

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