ICT in Agriculture Sourcebook

 
 
The ICT in Agriculture Sourcebook addresses mainstreaming information and communication technology (ICT) into 14 sub-sectors of agriculture (including rural finance, markets, value chains, extension, etc.). The Sourcebook is freely available on www.ictinagriculture.org. To disseminate this work and to get inputs from others in the field, the World Bank is organizing high-level/participative online forums on some of the modules in the sourcebook in partnership with FAO and the e-Agriculture Community.

These discussion forums are not only to raise awareness of the Sourcebook, but also other projects/programs that our partner organizations (like you) are doing. After each forum a report is being made to summarize the key issues, good practices, and case studies identified during the discussion. These reports along with other information from the forums can be found under “Resources” below. Links to the individual forums are also presented.

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Resources

Information and Communication Technology for Rural Farmers Market Access in Tanzania
A study of the ICTs access for rural farmers in Tanzania, Mwakaje (2010), shows that on a survey population with 90% of farmers which own at least one ICT, 25% and 23% of the people used their mobile...
 
Using ICT to Reduce Transaction Costs in Agriculture through Better Communication: A case study from Sri Lanka
The possibility to use ICTs for better information and a reduction of the transaction cost was studied by de Silva and Ratnadiwakara (2008) on small-holder farmers in Sri Lanka. They show that 11% of...
 
Policy Brief: "The Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the Improvement of Agricultural Value Chains" 2nd edition
e-Agriculture
"The Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the Improvement of Agricultural Value Chains"  Sponsored by IICA. This Policy Brief is based on the input of e-...