Extension workers in Kenya travel with the Farmer Info Station to bring agricultural information to rural farmers.
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Issue 51:
October 2009
The mobile resource kit
The Village e-Science for Life project is working with two rural communities in Kenya to test a variety of mobile devices for delivering and recording agricultural information. The research led to the development of the Mobile Resource Kit. Equipped with laptops, digital cameras, mp3 players and handheld sensors, farmers now use the technology to record data on environmental conditions and access information via the internet and offline databases to improve crop production.
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Carrying data to the field
Farmers’ voices on the Spoken Web
A network of voice recordings, accessible from any telephone, provides information to farmers in India.
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The freedom of information
An interactive voice system that allows Zimbabweans to access and contribute information using their mobile phone.
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