Towards a Framework for Accessing Agricultural Market Information

Making markets work for the poor in rural communities involves different stakeholders. Management, development partners, private sector and NGOs are accustomed to ensure enabling infrastructure is provided. Access to markets requires good transport and low transaction cost accompanied with recent ma...

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Published in:The Electronic journal of information systems in developing countries 2015-01, Vol.66 (1), p.1-16
Main Authors: Magesa, Mawazo M., Michael, Kisangiri, Ko, Jesuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural and food market
agricultural market information
Agriculture
ICT infrastructure
information and communication technologies
Non-governmental organizations
Rural communities
Stakeholder
supply chain
Sustainability
Technology
Transaction costs
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Summary:Making markets work for the poor in rural communities involves different stakeholders. Management, development partners, private sector and NGOs are accustomed to ensure enabling infrastructure is provided. Access to markets requires good transport and low transaction cost accompanied with recent market information. To provide market information to rural community, stakeholders may initiate the program by providing funds and finding the means of ensuring the sustainability of the program. Delivering market information requires established ICT infrastructure and capable staffing. Thus, a framework to access agricultural market information requires management to provide infrastructure and funding, and also to ensure rural areas are equipped with the technology.
ISSN:1681-4835
1681-4835
DOI:10.1002/j.1681-4835.2015.tb00473.x