Receiving information about rice seeds on mobile phones in eastern India

Bibliographic Data

ID3885804
AuthorsValerien Pede, Valerien O Pede (0000-0002-0178-6602, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author), Takashi Yamano, Prakashan Chellattanveettil, Prakashan Chellattan Veettil (0000-0002-2125-0178), Ishika Gupta
Year2018
Volume28
Issue1
Pages95-106
Publication date2018-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2018.1397105
OpenAlexW2783858222
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

This article examines how farmers use mobile phones to obtain information about rice varieties in eastern India and investigates if this contributes to rice varietal replacement. The findings show that farmers located farther away from the market were more likely to pay for the calls. Moreover, about 26% of the farmers who had to pay to receive calls purchased seeds of at least one rice variety that they had never planted before, while less than 16% of farmers who received no calls did so. Regression results confirmed that paying charges to receive rice varietal information is associated with varietal replacement

Agricultural economics · Agricultural science · Biology · Business · Economics · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · ICT in Developing Communities · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

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