Emerging Voices in ICT and agriculture - CTA Publishing

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Published by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) © CTA, 2012 About CTA The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) is a joint international institution of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the European Union (EU). Its mission is to advance food and nutritional security, increase prosperity and encourage sound natural resource management in ACP countries. It provides access to information and knowledge, facilitates policy dialogue and strengthens the capacity of agricultural and rural development institutions and communities. CTA operates under the framework of the Cotonou Agreement and is funded by the EU. For more information on CTA, visit www.cta.int or contact: CTA P.O. Box 380 6700 AJ Wageningen The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0) 317-467100 Fax: +31 (0) 317-460067 Email: cta@cta.int ISBN 978-92-9081-502-0 Essay summaries: Clare Pedrick Editing: Anne Downes Design & layout: Flame Design, South Africa CTA editorial team: Ken Lohento, Giorgio Bellinzas, Jenessi Matturi All rights reserved. All of the images, including the cover page, are the property of CTA or used with the owner’s permission.
Shaping the future of ACP rural development using ICTs...
Page 4 and 5: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CTA would like to
Page 6 and 7: Shaping the future of ACP rural dev
Page 8 and 9: Towards a comprehensive market inte
Page 10 and 11: INTRODUCTION The essay compe tition
Page 12 and 13: PART 1 Challenges experienced in ag
Page 14 and 15: Mobile Phone Alerts Technology may
Page 16 and 17: the way to video conferences. The I
Page 18 and 19: A case in point is Ghana’s e-Comm
Page 20 and 21: inexpensive to use, with good netwo
Page 22 and 23: PART 2 How can ICTs be used to impr
Page 24 and 25: mation, compounded by inefficient m
Page 26 and 27: ing and storage techniques and mana
Page 28 and 29: e a powerful tool for increasing ag
Page 30 and 31: ICTs can provide the essential link
Page 32 and 33: However, many mobile telephone appl
Page 34 and 35: on the path to becoming small-scale
Page 36 and 37: These two scenarios are projections
Page 38 and 39: Mobile phones offer a quick and ine
Page 40 and 41: Strength in numbers As Burkina Faso
Page 42 and 43: ucts. Prices are constantly changin
Page 44 and 45: PART 3 Story of a young producer or
Page 46 and 47: savvy entrepreneur opted for a high
Page 48 and 49: Gilbert bought 50 grafted mangoes a
Page 50 and 51: Farmer profiles The marketing tool
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