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Is agricultural digitization a reality among smallholder farmers in Africa? Unpacking farmers' lived realities of engagement with digital tools and services in rural Northern Ghana by Abdulai, Abdul-Rahim (author);Tetteh Quarshie, Philip (author);Duncan, Emily (author);Fraser, Evan (author) is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
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Abstract Background Digital technologies are promoted as transformational for smallholders in Africa through the potential to enhance access to knowledge, increase productivity and food security. Despite the anticipations for agricultural digitalization in Africa, smallholders' engagement with digitalization is empirically underexplored. Hence, we surveyed 1565 rural farmers in Northern Ghana to explore how farmers interact with digital tools and services, and the variations in their engagements. Results We found that despite the growing array of digital opportunities (with diverse tools and services available to farmers), farmers are mainly confined to simple devices (mobile phones, radio, and TV) as access to digital resources, including the internet remains limited. Meanwhile, the main sources of digitalization services for smallholders remain largely the highly subisidized, development-orieted. NGOs and private-sector projects, which generally leverage SMS, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), radio, or field agents to reach farmers. Nonetheless, participation in digitalization services remains limited, unimpressive at best, and often fades over time because of weak building block
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- Author
- Abdulai, Abdul-Rahim (author);Tetteh Quarshie, Philip (author);Duncan, Emily (author);Fraser, Evan (author)
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)