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Provedor de dados: 	31	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Does use of ICT-based market information services (MIS) improve  welfare of smallholder farm households: Evidence from Kenya	
Autores: 	Okello,   Julius Juma.	
Data: 	2010-05-01	
Ano: 	2010	
Palavras-chave: 	Smallholder farmers; Market information service; Mobile phones; Well-being; Kenya; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Marketing.	
Resumo: 	The need to provide agricultural information to farmers has led to emergence of numerous ICT-based MIS projects in developing country. These projects aim at promoting commercialization of smallholder agriculture and subsequently their welfare. This study examines the welfare effects of one such project in western Kenya. It uses household food security and access to medical health services as proxies of welfare. The study finds that farmers that use ICT-based market information are more food secure and have better access to medical health services than their counterpart. It highlights policy implications of these findings.	
Tipo: 	Conference Paper or Presentation	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://purl.umn.edu/61251	
Relação: 	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association&gt;2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado

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