Is there an App for that? The impact of community knowledge workers in Uganda
Rapidly increasing mobile phone coverage, cheaper technology, and an open platform that allows for the development of applications that extend the use of mobile devices provide new ways to reach farmers in isolated places. We investigate the impact of an intervention that uses information and commun...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2013
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| author | Van Campenhout, Bjorn |
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| description | Rapidly increasing mobile phone coverage, cheaper technology, and an open platform that allows for the development of applications that extend the use of mobile devices provide new ways to reach farmers in isolated places. We investigate the impact of an intervention that uses information and communication technology devices to provide real-time agricultural information and extension services in Uganda. Using a difference-in-differences setup, we find that the introduction of this technology through a network of community knowledge workers induce farmers to adapt their crop portfolio, moving away from low-risk, low-value crops toward more commercially oriented commodities. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1537612025-11-06T05:57:59Z Is there an App for that? The impact of community knowledge workers in Uganda Van Campenhout, Bjorn agricultural extension extension evaluation evaluation techniques information technology information and communication technologies smartphones Rapidly increasing mobile phone coverage, cheaper technology, and an open platform that allows for the development of applications that extend the use of mobile devices provide new ways to reach farmers in isolated places. We investigate the impact of an intervention that uses information and communication technology devices to provide real-time agricultural information and extension services in Uganda. Using a difference-in-differences setup, we find that the introduction of this technology through a network of community knowledge workers induce farmers to adapt their crop portfolio, moving away from low-risk, low-value crops toward more commercially oriented commodities. 2013 2024-10-01T13:57:31Z 2024-10-01T13:57:31Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153761 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Van Campenhout, Bjorn 2013. Is there an App for that? The impact of community knowledge workers in Uganda. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1316. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153761 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural extension extension evaluation evaluation techniques information technology information and communication technologies smartphones Van Campenhout, Bjorn Is there an App for that? The impact of community knowledge workers in Uganda |
| title | Is there an App for that? The impact of community knowledge workers in Uganda |
| title_full | Is there an App for that? The impact of community knowledge workers in Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Is there an App for that? The impact of community knowledge workers in Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is there an App for that? The impact of community knowledge workers in Uganda |
| title_short | Is there an App for that? The impact of community knowledge workers in Uganda |
| title_sort | is there an app for that the impact of community knowledge workers in uganda |
| topic | agricultural extension extension evaluation evaluation techniques information technology information and communication technologies smartphones |
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