Participation in ICT-based market information projects, smallholder farmers’ commercialisation, and agricultural income effects: findings from Kenya
Agricultural projects that use information and communication technologies (ICT) to provide market information have increased considerably in developing countries in the last decade. These projects aim to strengthen smallholder farmers’ linkage to input and output markets. This article examines the i...
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| author | Okello, J.J. Kirui, Oliver K. Gitonga, Z. |
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| author_facet | Okello, J.J. Kirui, Oliver K. Gitonga, Z. |
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| description | Agricultural projects that use information and communication technologies (ICT) to provide market information have increased considerably in developing countries in the last decade. These projects aim to strengthen smallholder farmers’ linkage to input and output markets. This article examines the impact of such projects on smallholder farmers’ input and output commercialisation, and household income, using propensity score matching technique and data collected from farmers in Kenya. The study finds that participation in ICT-based projects increases farmers’ participation in input and output markets, and their household income. The article highlights the implications of these findings for ICT policy and practice. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1091792025-11-29T05:22:12Z Participation in ICT-based market information projects, smallholder farmers’ commercialisation, and agricultural income effects: findings from Kenya Okello, J.J. Kirui, Oliver K. Gitonga, Z. information and communication technologies (icts) participation smallholders agriculture farmers attitudes development Agricultural projects that use information and communication technologies (ICT) to provide market information have increased considerably in developing countries in the last decade. These projects aim to strengthen smallholder farmers’ linkage to input and output markets. This article examines the impact of such projects on smallholder farmers’ input and output commercialisation, and household income, using propensity score matching technique and data collected from farmers in Kenya. The study finds that participation in ICT-based projects increases farmers’ participation in input and output markets, and their household income. The article highlights the implications of these findings for ICT policy and practice. 2020-11-16 2020-09-02T18:05:08Z 2020-09-02T18:05:08Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109179 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Okello, J.J.; Kirui, O.; Gitonga, Z. (2020). Participation in ICT-based market information projects, smallholder farmers’ commercialisation, and agricultural income effects: findings from Kenya. Development in Practice ISSN 1364-9213. Published online 14May2020. |
| spellingShingle | information and communication technologies (icts) participation smallholders agriculture farmers attitudes development Okello, J.J. Kirui, Oliver K. Gitonga, Z. Participation in ICT-based market information projects, smallholder farmers’ commercialisation, and agricultural income effects: findings from Kenya |
| title | Participation in ICT-based market information projects, smallholder farmers’ commercialisation, and agricultural income effects: findings from Kenya |
| title_full | Participation in ICT-based market information projects, smallholder farmers’ commercialisation, and agricultural income effects: findings from Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Participation in ICT-based market information projects, smallholder farmers’ commercialisation, and agricultural income effects: findings from Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Participation in ICT-based market information projects, smallholder farmers’ commercialisation, and agricultural income effects: findings from Kenya |
| title_short | Participation in ICT-based market information projects, smallholder farmers’ commercialisation, and agricultural income effects: findings from Kenya |
| title_sort | participation in ict based market information projects smallholder farmers commercialisation and agricultural income effects findings from kenya |
| topic | information and communication technologies (icts) participation smallholders agriculture farmers attitudes development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109179 |
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