Hi. I would like adress an additional aspect. phones and mobile telephones have enhanced the distances for workable rual colaborations. As we also see in this forum. In my view. collaboration is also a key aspect for marketing and selling of agriculture products. Hence I would be interested to know, on what extend mobile phones have serviced the creation of agri collaboration in rual areas. Cheers Hans J

Hi everybody, I think, that Grace question should be devided into three parts or aspects: 1) Cemercial questions: a) who will pay for the services, the buyer or the seller? b) what business modell should be used for the service provider? Profit oriented or non profit? 2) social questions: a) who will be the owner of the service organisation? Sellers, buyers, Government or independend financial partners? b) What markets should be aproached? Regional, national or international markest? 3) Technical aspects Technologie is important, but one can say, that any technology for any e-business is available if needed. Therefore, the questions 1 and 2 should be clearified before discussing any aspect on technologie. [/quote]