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

Lee, Kyeong Ho; Bellemare, Marc F.

doi:10.1080/00220388.2012.740014

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“…Aparjita [23] proposed that the use of information technology could help farmers obtain transparent price information and reduce production costs. Jensen [24] and Lee [25] suggested that the application of information technology could significantly increase the price of farmers' products and income [26,27]. Some scholars have also proposed that information technology can improve production efficiency and reduce labor costs [28][29][30].…”

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How Can Apple Farmers Be Encouraged to Apply Information Technology? The Moderating Effect of Knowledge Sharing

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Information technology has become an increasingly powerful driving force in modern agriculture. In particular, its application is important for the sustainable development of the apple industry. However, to promote technology application effectively, a better understanding of the behavioral intention of apple farmers towards such information technology is needed. This study uses micro data from 226 Chinese apple growers and applies the theory of planned behavior. The factors influencing apple farmers’ intention to choose information technology, along with factors influencing the transformation of that intention into actual behavior, are investigated through structural equation modeling. The results show that farmers’ information technology attitudes and perceived behavioral control have a significant positive impact on their intention to choose information technology, and that intention has a significant positive impact on behavioral response. Additionally, both tacit and explicit knowledge sharing have a positive moderating effect on transforming the intention to choose information technology into actual behavior, and the higher the degree of knowledge sharing, the stronger its moderating effect. The results imply that to achieve industry sustainability, the government needs to improve its guidance and incentives for agricultural technology, as well as support the development of a strong knowledge-sharing system specifically for agricultural information technology.

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“…Such scholars showed that mobile phones resulted in reduced price dispersion across markets (e.g. Aker, 2008;Tack & Aker, 2014) and increased crop prices, presumably due to increased bargaining power (Lee & Bellemare, 2013;Zanello, Srinivasan & Shankar, 2014). Some authors found that the mobile phone led to increased market participation by farmers, but only for perishable crops (Muto & Yamano, 2009;Egyir et al, 2011).…”

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“…Remarkably, mobile phones do not influence farmers' bargaining position, contrarily to quantitative research such as Lee and Bellemare (2013) and Zanello et al (2014). Those authors studied correlations between mobile phones and crop-prices and market participation respectively.…”

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The Impact of Mobile Phone Use and IKSL's Audio Messages on the Asset Base of Poor Farmers in Lucknow, India

Baardewijk

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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Mobile phones have the potential to improve the lives of poor farmers, in particular in combination with specifically designed mobile phone-based services (m-services) that provide agricultural information. Most impact studies have measured the economic effects of mobile phones, while disregarding how these effects have come about. Therefore, this study takes a qualitative approach in order to discover the various ways in which poor farmers' livelihoods are influenced by mobile phone use. A case study is based on the impact of an mservice by the Indian company IKSL, which sends daily audio messages with information regarding agriculture. 45 in-depth interviews were held with a mixed group of farmers living around Lucknow, India. The used framework is based on Duncombe's (2014) suggestions to improve the livelihoods approach, in which three asset classes are distinguished: network-, cognitive-and resource based assets. Most direct impact of mobile phones is the strengthening of social networks. Cognitive assets were also improved, due to access to more timely and accurate knowledge, which in turn leads to enhanced productivity (resource-based assets)-particularly for green SIM owners. Moreover, the mobile phone resulted in lower transaction costs which led to improvements of marketing in various ways. This research contributes to the understanding of the impact of mobile phones on poor farmers and tests the suitability of Duncombe's (2014) framework. Moreover, striking results were found that contrast previous held assumptions by scholars of ICT4D. Whereas previous scholars assumed that mobile phone use leads to a better bargaining position and increased market participation of farmers, no evidence of these effects was found in this research.Keywords: ICT4D, mobile phone, m-service, agriculture, poverty, India, assets 1.INTRODUCTION The rapid spread of mobile phones in developing countries has been regarded by scholars as an opportunity for the improvement of the position of poor farmers (Aker, 2011). Not only does the adoption of mobile phones potentially improve the livelihoods of poor farmers (de Silva et al., 2011), the use of specific services for mobile phones (m-services) can solve problems related to areas such as health, finance and agriculture (Qiang et al., 2011). Agricultural m-services use SMS, phone calls or apps to provide farmers with crop-rates, weather information and other farming-related information. Although the use of mobile phones and m-services specifically can enhance farmers' livelihoods, impact assessments show mixed results (Duncombe, 2012). It is uncertain what causes the mixed results, partly due to their quantitative nature. A recent article by Burrell and Oreglia (2015) provides an elaborate critique on such quantitative approaches. Their main point is that research on the use of ICT for development (ICT4D) is based too much on abstract economic models. ICT4D research often overemphasises the value of market information for farmers and consequently overestimates the effect ...

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“…The study, conducted in Ghana, revealed that farmers directly connected with the buyers through cell phones receive better prices for their agricultural goods as compared to using the brokers. Farmers with the cell phones can eliminate transport cost (Overa, 2006) while saving money, time and energy by avoiding going to the markets (Muto & Yamano 2009;Muto & Yamano., 2011;Lee & Bellemare, 2013). Cell phone-enabled technologies are also used to monitor and disseminate information about the out breaking of crop diseases (Ndyetabula & Legg, 2011;Kefala, 2011).…”

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Use of cell phones by the farmers as an extension tool to practice sustainable agriculture and achieve food security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Aldosari¹,

Al-Sakran²,

Alkhubizi³

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This study sought to identify how farmers used mobile technology as an extension tool in the area of AlDelam, Saudi Arabia. The study population consisting of 277 farmers was drawn using face to face interview. Well-structured, pre-tested questionnaires were used to collect data. Results of the study are based on questionnaires completed in all respects by 196 participants (70.1% of total). Data were analyzed using SPSS. Results of study revealed that approximately 77% of respondents were using mobile as an extension tool continuously (in routine) and about 68% of the respondents were of the opinion that cell phone helped them meeting their needs and achieving their goals related to agriculture. However, approximately 77% of farmers did not subscribe to any extension services and about 67% intended to subscribe in the near future. Regarding the use of the cell phones for agricultural purposes, about 60% farmers were using them to determine the price of agricultural inputs (e.g. seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides). The study also revealed that about 50% farmers used their cell phones to obtain information through calls, SMS and WhatsApp with the means of 2.86, 2.40 and 2.31, respectively on a 1 to 5 scale. The study concluded that the different categories of the farmers were meeting their needs for agricultural information from different information sources. However, the study showed a positive and significant correlation between larger farmers and the use of cell phone as an extension tool to seek agricultural information at the significance level of 0.01.

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

Cited by 35 publications

References 25 publications

How Can Apple Farmers Be Encouraged to Apply Information Technology? The Moderating Effect of Knowledge Sharing

How Can Apple Farmers Be Encouraged to Apply Information Technology? The Moderating Effect of Knowledge Sharing

The Impact of Mobile Phone Use and IKSL's Audio Messages on the Asset Base of Poor Farmers in Lucknow, India

Use of cell phones by the farmers as an extension tool to practice sustainable agriculture and achieve food security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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