Mobile information services in agriculture and rural development

This week, CTA's ICT Observatory explores 'mobile services for agricultural and rural development.'

The lastest issue of the ICT Update newsletter covers related issues and projects. Articles include:

Carrying data to the field: The Farmer Info Station brings agricultural information to Kenyan farmers

Farmers’ voices on the Spoken Web: A project in India introduces rural farmers to a voice-controlled web

The mobile resource kit: The Village e-Science for Life project is working with two rural communities in Kenya to test a variety of mobile devices for delivering and recording agricultural information