Improving Agricultural Productivity and Markets : The Role of Information and Communication Technologies

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dc.creatorMcNamara, Kerry
dc.date2012-08-13T08:46:03Z
dc.date2012-08-13T08:46:03Z
dc.date2009-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:33:48Z
dc.descriptionRaising the productivity of smallholders is a necessary condition for increasing incomes and improving livelihoods among the rural poor in most developing countries. This increased productivity is essential to both household food security and to agriculture-based growth and poverty reduction in the larger economy. Smallholder productivity is limited by a variety of constraints including poor soils, unpredictable rainfall, and imperfect markets, as well as lack of access to productive resources, financial services, or infrastructure. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are also vitally important to commercial and large-scale agriculture, and to agriculture-related services and infrastructure such as weather monitoring and irrigation. This note focuses on the sometimes less-obvious importance of ICT in improving the information, communication, transaction, and networking elements of smallholder agriculture in developing countries.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10680891/improving-agricultural-productivity-markets-role-information-communication-technologies
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9496
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/9496
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/406166
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationAgricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 47
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subjectAFFORDABLE ACCESS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INFORMATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INNOVATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectBUSINESS MODELS
dc.subjectBUSINESSES
dc.subjectCELL PHONE
dc.subjectCELL PHONES
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subjectCOMMODITIES
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION NETWORKS
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION SERVICES
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE MARKETS
dc.subjectCONNECTIVITY
dc.subjectDIGITAL DIVIDE
dc.subjectECOLOGY
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEXTENSION
dc.subjectEXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectFISH
dc.subjectFISHERIES
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT SERVICES
dc.subjectICT
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINFORMATION ACCESS
dc.subjectINFORMATION ECONOMY
dc.subjectINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectINNOVATION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectINNOVATIONS
dc.subjectINTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectMARKET INFORMATION
dc.subjectMARKET OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectMARKET PRICES
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMIDDLEMEN
dc.subjectMOBILE PHONE
dc.subjectMOBILE PHONES
dc.subjectMOBILE SERVICES
dc.subjectNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS
dc.subjectNETWORKS
dc.subjectNEW MARKET
dc.subjectPHOTO
dc.subjectPRICE INFORMATION
dc.subjectPRIVATE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRODUCTION TECHNIQUES
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectRADIO
dc.subjectREGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
dc.subjectRELIABLE ACCESS
dc.subjectRESULT
dc.subjectRURAL ACCESS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSEARCH
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSERVICE MODELS
dc.subjectSERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectSOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
dc.subjectSOILS
dc.subjectSUPPLY CHAINS
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATION
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTEXT
dc.subjectTRANSACTION
dc.subjectTRANSACTION SERVICES
dc.subjectTRANSACTION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectVALUE CHAIN
dc.subjectWEB
dc.titleImproving Agricultural Productivity and Markets : The Role of Information and Communication Technologies

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