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Agricultural and Food Science | 2017

An assessment of mobile phone-based dissemination of weather and market information in the Upper West Region of Ghana

Prince Maxwell Etwire; Saaka Buah; Mathieu Ouedraogo; Robert B. Zougmoré; Samuel T. Partey; Edward Martey; Sidzabda Djibril Dayamba; Jules Bayala

BackgroundThe rapid growth of mobile phones in Ghana has opened up the possibility of delivering timely and useful weather and market information to farmers at costs lower than traditional agricultural extension services. In this paper, we assess the usefulness, constraints, and factors likely to influence farmers’ decisions to patronize mobile phone-based weather and market information.MethodsWe rely on primary data from 310 farmers in the Upper West Region, an understudied part of Ghana. We subject the data to three types of analysis. First, we model farmers’ decision to patronize mobile phone-based weather and market information by estimating a binary logit model. Second, we use descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing to analyse the level of usefulness of mobile phone-based weather and market information. We disaggregate the analysis by sex, income status, and age group. Finally, we use qualitative analysis to summarize the constraints associated with the utilization of mobile phone-based weather and market information.ResultsWe find that contact with agricultural extension agents and farmer-to-farmer extension services significantly influences farmers’ decision to patronize mobile phone-based weather and market information. Regardless of sex, income status, and age group, farmers generally rate mobile phone-based weather and market information as very useful. We identify inexact information, complex text messages, information that are too costly to implement, and poor infrastructure as the constraints to the utilization of mobile phone-based weather and market information.ConclusionIn order to improve the utilization of mobile phone-based weather and market information, disseminators of mobile phone-based information such as Esoko should constantly update and provide client-specific information. Improvements in mobile phone networks and related services will enhance the utilization of mobile phone-based weather and market information.


Archive | 2012

Commercialization of smallholder agriculture in Ghana: A Tobit regression analysis

Edward Martey; Ramatu M. Al-Hassan; John K. M. Kuwornu


Sustainable Agriculture Research | 2013

Fertilizer Adoption and Use Intensity Among Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana: A Case Study of the AGRA Soil Health Project

Edward Martey; Alexander Nimo Wiredu; Prince Maxwell Etwire; Mathias Fosu; Samuel Saaka Buah; John Bidzakin; Benjamin D. K. Ahiabor; Francis Kusi


Journal of economics and sustainable development | 2013

Factors Influencing Farmer's Participation in Agricultural Projects: The case of the Agricultural Value Chain Mentorship Project in the Northern Region of Ghana

Prince Maxwell Etwire; Wilson Dogbe; Alexander Nimo Wiredu; Edward Martey; Eunice Etwire; Robert Owusu; Esther Wahaga


Sustainable Agriculture Research | 2013

Technical Efficiency of Soybean Farms and Its Determinants in Saboba and Chereponi Districts of Northern Ghana: A Stochastic Frontier Approach

Prince Maxwell Etwire; Edward Martey; Wilson Dogbe


European Journal of Business and Management | 2013

Performance and Constraints of Small Scale Enterprises in the Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana

Edward Martey; Kwame Annin; Caleb Attoh; Alexander Nimo Wiredu; Prince Maxwell Etwire; Ramatu M. Al-Hassan


The Journal of Agricultural Science | 2013

Economics of Soybean Production: Evidence from Saboba and Chereponi Districts of Northern Region of Ghana

Wilson Dogbe; Prince Maxwell Etwire; Edward Martey; John C. Etwire; Inusah I. Y. Baba; Aliyu Siise


The Journal of Agricultural Science | 2015

Impact of Farmer Mentorship Project on Farm Efficiency and Income in Rural Ghana

Edward Martey; Wilson Dogbe; Prince Maxwell Etwire; Alexander Nimo Wiredu


Sustainable Agriculture Research | 2014

Can Farmers Receive Their Expected Seasonal Tomato Price in Ghana? A Probit Regression Analysis

Caleb Attoh; Edward Martey; G.T. M. Kwadzo; Prince Maxwell Etwire; Alexander Nimo Wiredu


Archive | 2014

Describing Adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Practices in Northern Ghana

Alexander Nimo Wiredu; Edward Martey; Mathias Fosu

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Prince Maxwell Etwire

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

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Alexander Nimo Wiredu

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

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Wilson Dogbe

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

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Saaka Buah

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

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Benjamin D. K. Ahiabor

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

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Samuel Saaka Buah

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

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Mathieu Ouedraogo

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

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Robert B. Zougmoré

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

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