ICT Update – The tools of fair trade
The latest issue of ICT Update magazine, published by CTA, focuses on articles concerned with the use of mobile telephony in the agricultural sector, in particular, showing how mobile phones help farmers get a better, fairer deal for their products. Using the internet and mobile phones, farmers in East Africa learn to work more efficiently with the traders who buy their goods. The Linking Local Learners method of learning explores how farmers can access market information and get a fairer deal.
ICTs, and mobile phones in particular, have also helped some fair trade organizations to increase efficiency in the supply and delivery of goods. The Alternative Trading Network in Nigeria reports that it has saved as much as 20% in transportation costs simply by using mobile phones to coordinate distribution efforts. Farmers give up-to-date information on the quantities of products to be picked up and the truck drivers can call ahead to report any delays they encounter on the road.
Click here to go to the ICT Update webpage.
ICT Update is a bimonthly printed bulletin, web magazine, and accompanying email newsletter focusing on the use of information and communication technologies in agriculture in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. It is published in English and French, by CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation) in Wageningen in the Netherlands.
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