‘ICTs are only as good as the information they communicate.’ Andrew Shepherd, consultant with CTA’s value chain development programme
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- Issue no. 64
- February 2012
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The value of communication
Improved access to cell phones has resulted in great changes through the entire cycle of farming life and along every link of the value chain.
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