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Author:   Richard Duncombe (Global Development Institute, UK) ,  Stefano Bocchi (State University of Milan) ,  Fritz Brugger (ETH Zurich, Center for Development and Cooperation NADEL) ,  Amanda Caine (University of Reading)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9781786393364

ISBN 10:   1786393360
Pages:   164
Publication Date:   05 April 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Section A: Creating and Sharing Knowledge 1: Mobile Phone Applications for Weather and Climate Information for Small-holder Farmers 2: Can Smart Phones Support Monitoring Functions: Experiences from Sweet Potato Vines Distribution in sub-Saharan Africa 3: Customised Information Delivery for Dryland Farmers 4: mNutrition: Can Mobile Messaging Promote Agricultural and Health Behaviour Change for Improved Nutrition Security? Section B: Information and Knowledge Intermediaries 5: A Technology Stewardship Model to Encourage ICT Adoption in Agricultural Communities of Practice: Reflections on a Canada/Sri Lanka Partnership Project 6: Farmforce: Linking Smallholder Farmers in Developing Countries to Formal Markets 7: Adoption of ICT Products and Services among Rice Farmers in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone 8: The Effect of ICTs on Agricultural Distribution Channels in Mexico Section C: Facilitating Change in Agricultural Systems 9: Theories of Change in ICT for Agricultural and Rural Development 10: Transformational vs. Incremental Change Enabled by Mobile for Agriculture (m4Ag) Services: Evidence from East Africa 11: Hybridisation of Logics in Rural Agriculture: Shifting Practices amongst Small-holder Farmers in Rural Ghana 12: Farmerline: A For-profit Agtech Company with a Social Mission 13: Key lessons for Practitioners

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- Richard Duncombe completed a Masters in Economics and Innovation at the Science Policy Research Unit (University of Sussex) where he also worked as a Research Officer. He took his PhD at the University of Manchester within the Global development Institute (GDI). Previous to this Richard lived and worked in Africa working in the field of ICT4D (information and communication technologies for development) in Tanzania and Botswana for most of the 1990s before moving to the University of Manchester as a Lecturer in 2000. Richard works at the Centre for Development Informatics (CDI) the largest academic group dedicated to ICT4D work in the UK.

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