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ICTs, mobile phones and Ethiopian agriculture

22 February, 2012 - 02:32

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Yesterday, Judy Payne (USAID e-Business Advisor) and Amol Jadhav (GSMA Development Fund) convened an informal meeting of people in Addis Ababa with an interest in information and communication technologies (ICTs) in agriculture.

The aim was to share ongoing United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and GSMA (the trade association for mobile industries) Development Fund experiences in this area, particularly using mobile phones in a ‘mFarmer Initiative.’ We were 20 or so people from a range of agencies working in the ICT for development and agriculture sector.

Judy Payne set the stage pointing out that internet and mobile coverage is spreading in Ethiopia, so that rural ICT applications are[...]

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