“How can a future global population of nine billion people all be fed healthily and sustainably?” This is the question a gathering of agricultural projects and experts will seek to address at a workshop in Nairobi next week. Unfortunately, as with almost all things ‘development’, it raises more questions than it could ever hope to … Continue reading Doing the right thing by development
Tag: agriculture
SMS tackles farmer literacy in Niger
In this, the sixteenth in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts, Joshua Haynes – a Masters student at The Fletcher School at Tufts University – describes their application of the software to help improve the lives of farmers in Niger, West Africa Projet Alphabétisation de Base par Cellulaire (ABC), conceived of and spearheaded by FrontlineSMS’s … Continue reading SMS tackles farmer literacy in Niger
Video intro: FrontlineSMS in agriculture
Earlier this year we were asked to work with some colleagues over at the Gates Foundation to highlight a few of the uses of FrontlineSMS in the agriculture sector. There have been numerous projects in Aceh, El Salvador and Cambodia, and the number of initiatives continues to grow. Here’s a short five minute video which … Continue reading Video intro: FrontlineSMS in agriculture
An SMS “kickstart” for Kenyan farmers
In this, the fifteenth in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts, Rita Kiloo – Customer Care Executive at KickStart in Kenya – describes how their use of the software enables them to extend and improve their outreach efforts among rural farmers in the country “KickStart’s mission is to help millions of people out of poverty. … Continue reading An SMS “kickstart” for Kenyan farmers
FrontlineSMS reaches out in Cambodia
Brad, Angelina team up with FrontlineSMS project in Cambodia: UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA PRESS RELEASE Researchers from the University of Canberra are working with the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation (MJP), an organisation founded by philanthropists Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, to trial a cost effective text-messaging system. The project with the University of New England is funded … Continue reading FrontlineSMS reaches out in Cambodia
Mobile meets plough in Cambodia
In this, the tenth in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts, Dr. Robert Fitzgerald – Associate Dean of Research at the University of Canberra in Australia – explains their use of the software to provide agricultural data to farmers in Cambodia, and their plans to expand the service over the coming months Background “For the … Continue reading Mobile meets plough in Cambodia
Farmer to farmer. Phone to phone.
In this – the fifth in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts – Gary Garriott, Innovation Program Officer in the “Digital Futures for Development Program” at Winrock International, talks about their implementation of FrontlineSMS as part of a wider agriculture-based initiative in El Salvador Background “Winrock International is a social enterprise which describes itself as … Continue reading Farmer to farmer. Phone to phone.
Cambodian farmers turn to their phones
At the University of Canberra, Senior Research Fellow Dr Robert Fitzgerald has been evaluating FrontlineSMS as a replacement for a commercial application previously implemented in their Cambodia Crop Production and Marketing Project (CCPMP). Since 2006, Robert and his team have been developing an SMS-based market information service for maize and soybean farmers and traders in … Continue reading Cambodian farmers turn to their phones
From conception to replication
Tonight, a hundred and fifty farmers and their families who I have never met will be going to bed better off. Not only is this significant for the farmers, it’s also significant for me. Because without FrontlineSMS, which is being used to provide coffee prices to these smallholder farmers, this would not be happening. There’s … Continue reading From conception to replication