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    An assessment of mobile phone-based dissemination of weather and market information in the Upper West Region of Ghana

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    Etwire, Prince Maxwell
    Buah, S.S.J.
    Ouedraogo, Mathieu
    Zougmoré, Robert B.
    Partey, Samuel T.
    Martey, Edward
    Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril
    Bayala, Jules
    Date
    2017-04
    Language
    en
    Type
    Journal Article
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    Open Access
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    Etwire PM, Buah S ,Ouédraogo M, Zougmoré R ,Partey ST ,Martey E ,Dayamba SD, Bayala J. 2017. An assessment of mobile phone-based dissemination of weather and market information in the Upper West Region of Ghana. Agriculture & Food Security 6(1):8-16.
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/81123
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40066-016-0088-y
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    The rapid growth of mobile phones in Ghana has opened up the possibility of delivering timely and useful weather and market information to farmers at costs lower than traditional agricultural extension services. In this paper, we assess the usefulness, constraints, and factors likely to influence farmers’ decisions to patronize mobile phone-based weather and market information. Methods We rely on primary data from 310 farmers in the Upper West Region, an understudied part of Ghana. We subject the data to three types of analysis. First, we model farmers’ decision to patronize mobile phone-based weather and market information by estimating a binary logit model. Second, we use descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing to analyse the level of usefulness of mobile phone-based weather and market information. We disaggregate the analysis by sex, income status, and age group. Finally, we use qualitative analysis to summarize the constraints associated with the utilization of mobile phone-based weather and market information. Results We find that contact with agricultural extension agents and farmer-to-farmer extension services significantly influences farmers’ decision to patronize mobile phone-based weather and market information. Regardless of sex, income status, and age group, farmers generally rate mobile phone-based weather and market information as very useful. We identify inexact information, complex text messages, information that are too costly to implement, and poor infrastructure as the constraints to the utilization of mobile phone-based weather and market information. Conclusion In order to improve the utilization of mobile phone-based weather and market information, disseminators of mobile phone-based information such as Esoko should constantly update and provide client-specific information. Improvements in mobile phone networks and related services will enhance the utilization of mobile phone-based weather and market information.
    CGIAR Author ORCID iDs
    Jules Bayalahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8579-1248
    CGIAR Affiliations
    Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
    AGROVOC Keywords
    CLIMATE CHANGE; AGRICULTURE; FOOD SECURITY; AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; GHANA; WEATHER; MARKET INFORMATION
    Subjects
    CLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES;
    Countries
    GHANA
    Regions
    AFRICA; WEST AFRICA
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