Title: Regional information centres promote crop production in Ethiopia
Author: Ermias Sehai
Source: ICTUpdate, Issue 49
Publisher: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) ACP–EU
Date published: June 2009
Date accessed: 06/07/2009
Type of information: article
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
Regional information centres, equipped with a variety of ICTs, promote crop production by documenting and sharing good agricultural practises among farmers in Ethiopia...The centres, equipped with a variety of information and communication technologies, provide farmers with information they need to develop new products and increase the yields of existing crops. The project is also attempting to improve the links between farmers and traders, creating opportunities for small-scale producers to sell to new markets, thereby increasing their incomes and helping to reduce poverty in the area.