The phone besides the hoe
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The phone besides the hoe

Today, 5 billion people use mobile phones and the total number of subscription is 7.4 billion. Moreover, almost 3.5 billion people are connected to the internet and this number is not expected to stop soon. Agriculture represents one of the most affected sectors. For instance, farmers use mobile devices to know prices, products and also information to manage properly their resources. This is essential to reduce the transaction costs.

Regarding this topic, we have interviewed Simone Sala, a consultant at the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations (FAO) and lecturer of the module ICTs for Agriculture and Environment within the course ICT Innovations for Development organised by Ong 2.0.

"The dialogue amongst different actors and the information flows makes often the difference to the results of a project”
(Simone Sala)

Read the full interview with Simone Sala | by Federico Rivara - via ONG 2.0.

[Photo by Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security - Flickr

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