Use of mobile financial services among farmers in Africa: Insights from Kenya

Parlasca, Martin C.; Johnen, Constantin; Qaim, Matin

doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100590

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“…We therefore hypothesize: Lastly, past research suggests that trust can be an important driver for technology adoption (Bahmanziari, Pearson, and Crosby 2003). Agents, who often primarily conduct some other business, such as running a kiosk, can represent well-known and trusted institutions in their communities and thereby overcome potential trust issues in the adoption of mobile money (Cull et al 2018;Parlasca, Johnen, and Qaim 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previous studies further indicate that mobile money agents are oftentimes considered rather trustworthy financial service providers (Cull et al 2018;Parlasca, Johnen, and Qaim 2022). One of the reasons is that most agents primarily conduct some other business, such as running a kiosk, and are therefore assumed to be well-known and trusted in the local societies.…”

Section: Agent Descriptive Statisticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mobile money adoption in Kenya: The role of mobile money agents

Johnen

Parlasca

Mußhoff

2023

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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Section: Conceptual Background and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Agent Descriptive Statisticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mobile money adoption in Kenya: The role of mobile money agents

Johnen

Parlasca

Mußhoff

2023

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…MM services have been increasing rapidly in the volume and frequency of transactions, with adoption rates in urban areas reaching 65% and 25% in rural areas (FITS 2013). MM services available in Tanzania include saving, sending, receiving money, making payments for products and services, and withdrawing money instantly through text messages (Parlasca et al 2022).…”

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Maize Productivity and Household Welfare Impacts of Mobile Money Usage in Tanzania

Kilombele

Feleke

Abdoulaye³

et al. 2023

IJFS

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This study examined the determinants and impacts of mobile money (MM) usage on maize productivity and poverty likelihood (i.e., the probability of a household falling below the international poverty line at USD 1.9 per capita per day) in the Mbeya Region, Tanzania. The analysis was conducted using the endogenous switching regression (ESR) model on data from a random sample of 1310 households selected from seven districts in the region. Results of the ESR estimation show that MM usage is strongly and positively associated with the education level of the household head, asset ownership, credit access, input access, and social networks. MM usage is also significantly associated with increased maize productivity and a reduced poverty likelihood. Farmers who chose to use MM services increased their maize productivity by about 124 kg/acre and reduced their poverty likelihood by nearly 25 percentage points, as measured by the progress out of poverty index. These findings call for a targeted approach to reaching and supporting MM usage among households with constrained access to formal financial services to increase maize productivity and reduce poverty likelihood.

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“…A digital advertising system that hasn't been extensively employed in sales tactics is known as an e-Commerce system [14]. When e-commerce applications are used and put to use, information can be accessed more quickly, effectively, and affordably than when traditional management principles are used (door-todoor, one-to-one relationships) between businesses and other stakeholders (suppliers, distributors, partners, and customers) [15].…”

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The Future of Coffee, Digital Technology and Farmer's Income

Panggabean¹,

Wang²,

Nasaruddin³

et al. 2023

IJSDP

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With the technology of sharing digital information systems, farmers can easily access various data that are very important to increase the production and income of their agricultural commodities. Trade, which has been very beneficial to society in recent years, especially through the use of digital technology, can be used to increase the market for agricultural products, increase marketing budgets, and reduce the number of middlemen in the supply chain. This study uses the Structure Equation Model (SEM) analysis method. The results showed that the use of digital technology has significantly improved the economy of farmers. Increasing the role of the government to be serious in developing and also providing digital technology education and information to farmers will realize prosperous farmers for the North Toraja area. This implies that the future of the coffee business through digital technology improvement can be expected to enhance farmers' income in the region.

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Use of mobile financial services among farmers in Africa: Insights from Kenya

Cited by 35 publications

References 32 publications

Mobile money adoption in Kenya: The role of mobile money agents

Mobile money adoption in Kenya: The role of mobile money agents

Maize Productivity and Household Welfare Impacts of Mobile Money Usage in Tanzania

The Future of Coffee, Digital Technology and Farmer's Income

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