Issue 13:
September 2003
Issue 13: Microfinance
Projects
This project will directly target 300 small-scale farmers in 3 districts. Results will be broadcasted by rural radio to an estimated audience of 2 million farmers in English and three local languages, namely Luganda, Luo and Runyakitara. The ra...
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CCPMP has the overarching aim of improving agricultural value chains as a key to sustainable growth and poverty reduction in Western Cambodia. Using mobile technology, the project facilitates the sharing of knowledge and information at all stag...
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GAINS acts as the referral centre for information requests on agriculture. It also links electronically with eighteen participating libraries and information centres of agriculture-related research institutes. The objective is to provide effect...
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Mobile phones aren't just for texting. An emerging field of research uses mobiles for "urban sensing," allowing phones to collect scientific data in new and innovative ways.http://mobileactive.org/urban-sensing-mobile-phones-data-coll...
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M4G delivers vital health, employment and community content via SMS on mobile phones in order to inform and empower disadvantaged individuals and help bridge the digital divid the widening technology gulf which exists between rich and poor.http...
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Village Connection solution is designed to provide a cost-efficient addition to existing GSM networks, effectively extending coverage beyond the point at which a conventional network roll-out would be too expensive. www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com...
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The adoption of mobile phones by fishermen and wholesalers in Kerala was associated with a dramatic reduction in price dispersion, the complete elimination of waste, and near-perfect adherence to the Law of One Price.www.mitpressjournals.org/
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In conjunction with Sonatel, Manobi has successfully introduced in Africa the use of the mobile phone by producers as an information and interaction tool for their production and marketing industry. The Senegalese producers, fishermen, traders,...
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The ECAMIC project focuses on supporting farmers in the Eastern Corridor through forming cooperative farmer groups. The Social Enterprise Foundation of West Africa (SEND) promotes the cultivation of soy beans in the northeast of Ghana through t...
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The IFAD-supported Smallholder Enterprise and Marketing Programme (SHEMP) in Zambia introduced an innovative way to address this problem. Under its agribusiness component (one of three components, alongside road access and group formation), it...
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