Look Who’s Talking: The Impacts of the Intrahousehold Allocation of Mobile Phones on Agricultural Prices

Lee, Kyeong Ho; Bellemare, Marc F.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2063039

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“…Evidence emerging from micro-level studies tends to support the conjecture that mobile phones improve market efficiency (Salia, Nsowah-Nuamah, & Steel, 2011;Lee and Bellemare, 2013), leads to higher incomes for small-scale entrepreneurs (Aker, 2010;Jensen, 2007), and improves social capital (Baardewijk, 2017), quality standards for buyers, and new opportunities for financial institutions (Qiang et al, 2012). Mobile ownership has been associated with better producer prices (Lee & Bellemare, 2013). Jensen (2007) and Abraham (2007) find lower dispersion of fish prices across markets and over different periods of time for fishermen and wholesalers who used mobile phones.…”

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The effect of mobile technology on self-employment in Kenya

Moyi

2019

J Glob Entrepr Res

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This study examines the effect of mobile technologies on the choice of selfemployment in Kenya. The study used the 2016 household FinAccess retail survey data, which was collected using stratified multi-stage sampling to ensure representativeness at the national, regional, and residence (urban vs rural) levels. A probit model was used to analyse the data. The study finds that mobile phones, mobile money, mobile banking, and mobile credit influence one's decision to become self-employed. Other contributing factors include age, gender, marital status, education, wealth, place of residence, and the number of dependents in the household. These findings suggest that entrepreneurship policy in Kenya will have greater impact by enhancing access to mobile technologies.

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The effect of mobile technology on self-employment in Kenya

Moyi

2019

J Glob Entrepr Res

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“…Similar study in Ghana by Overa [ 31 ] indicated that farmers could be directly connected with buyers through cell phones so that they can get a better price than working through brokers. Studies by Muto and Yamano [ 32 ], Muto and Yamano [ 33 ], and Lee and Bellemare [ 34 ] show that farmers use the mobile phone to save time, money, and energy. Ndyetabula and Legg [ 35 ] further indicated that cell phone can be used to disseminate information about the outbreak of crop diseases.…”

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Household ICT Utilization and Food Security Nexus in Nigeria

Ejemeyovwi

Osabohien

Adeleye

et al. 2021

International Journal of Food Science

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The study examines the nexus between household ICT utilization and food security in Nigeria, which supports goal 2 of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that aims to “end hunger, achieve food security, improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.” The study employs the logit regression to wave 4 of Living Standard Measurement Integrated Survey on Agriculture (LSMS) data for the empirical analysis. Based on the analysis, the study finds that for male household, ICT utilization has a statistically significant and positive nexus with food security. In contrast, for the female households, an insignificant and, however, negative nexus is observed with food security in Nigeria. Furthermore, the findings show that for male household users, a 1 percent increase in male household ICT utilization spurs about 0.68 percent increase in food security in Nigeria. The findings imply that among the male and female household ICT users, the male household ICT utilization is significantly contributes to food security in Nigeria. The study recommends that relevant stakeholders take strategic measures to ensure that the potentials of household ICTs be fully maximized to contribute to food security in the nearest future as confirmed by studies in other regions.

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“…However, they found evidence that farmers that received price information via SMS were less likely to sell at the farm gate and more likely to travel to more distant markets. Finally, Lee and Bellemare (2013) analysed data from the Philippines and found evidence that the use of mobile phones is associated with higher crop prices received by agricultural producers, but only once the intra-household allocation of technology is taken into account.…”

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Transaction Costs, Information Technologies, and the Choice of Marketplace among Farmers in Northern Ghana

Zanello

Srinivasan

Shankar

2014

The Journal of Development Studies

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Using a transactions costs framework, we examine the impact of information and communication technologies (mobile phones and radios) use on market participation in developing country agricultural markets using a novel transaction-level data set of Ghanaian farmers. Our analysis of the choice of markets by farmers suggests that market information from a broader range of markets may not always induce farmers to sell in more distant markets; instead farmers may use broader market information to enhance their bargaining power in closer markets. Finally we find weak evidence on the impact of using mobile phones in attracting farm gate buyers.

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Look Who’s Talking: The Impacts of the Intrahousehold Allocation of Mobile Phones on Agricultural Prices

Cited by 7 publications

References 32 publications

The effect of mobile technology on self-employment in Kenya

The effect of mobile technology on self-employment in Kenya

Household ICT Utilization and Food Security Nexus in Nigeria

Transaction Costs, Information Technologies, and the Choice of Marketplace among Farmers in Northern Ghana

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