Report
A paper presented at the IFIP Technical Commission 9 workshop at Makerere University, Uganda (22-23 March 2010) on how smallholder farmers in south western Uganda use mobile phones to reach markets and service providers. Rural communities found phones an easy, fast and convenient way to communicate, demand for marketing information was highest, and phone use was accompanied by positive outcomes including stronger collective action among farmer groups.
Region
Africa
Country
Uganda
Category
Agriculture
Organisation / Author
K. F. G. Masuki, R. Kamugisha, J. G. Mowo, J. Tanui, J. Tukahirwa, J. Mogoi and E. O. Adera, World Agroforestry Centre
Recorded
2010