Hello all I work as an extensionists in the Ministry of Agriculture in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. There are about 20,000 farmers and this poses a challenge to effective contact with extension workers and communication re changing technologies. This is important to approach rising food prices. We are now considering the use of mobile technology as one measure to achieve this. Many farmers have moblie phones throught the islands and I am welcoming this opportunity to gain insights in how these can be used to improve communication. Blessings Pauline Dowlath[/color]
Submitted by Luca Servo on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 10:52
Welcome Pauline, we are glad you have joined this online discussion and look forward to your thoughts. I think that the case of islands like Trinidad and Tobago, where natural obstacles are so evident, can be very useful for understanding the potentiality of mobile phones. Please, contribute to the conversation in the thread called "[url=http://www.e-agriculture.org/550.html?&view=single_conf&cat_uid=55&conf… - Week 1[/url]". Cheers, Luca (FAO)
Submitted by Cyril Roberts on Thu, 12/04/2008 - 19:52
I had the idea of using my cell phone to communicate with farmers here in Barbados because many many many of them have cell phones. Challenge is that here in Barbados I think one pays to receive calls and text messages. I just called LIME and the operator there claims that all calls and messages received on a LIME (Cable & Wireless) phone are free! If it is free indeed then the idea of using it for communication is an excellent one. Ciao, Cyril (CARDI)