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Survey of M-Farm users, Kenya, 2012

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Persistent identifier
doi:10.60507/FK2/4DBE3G
Published version
1.0
Publication date
2023-09-18
License
CC BY-SA 4.0

Description

M-Farm provides daily crop price information via SMS, assists smallholder farmers to collectively sell their produce, and connects buyers and sellers via an internet- and mobile phone-enabled platform. The survey data was collected in May 2012 as part of a case study to assess the role of M-Farm in facilitating farmers' participation in agricultural technology innovation processes. Specifically, the survey aimed at assessing the extent to which M-Farm has influenced farmers' decision to adopt technologies and their ability to generate additional income through their use. The survey was undertaken in Rachuonyo and Migori districts in the Southwest of Kenya. The two study sites were chosen because farmers have access to two different bundles of services, thus allowing for a comparison between the two set-ups in a natural experiment setting. In Rachuonyo farmers only receive price information through M-Farm. In Migori they can access price information and also collectively sell their passion fruits through M-Farm. Different (although similar) questionnaires were used in the study sites. Quality/Lineage: The survey was conducted by six enumerators and the answers were checked daily for completeness by the distributor. The data was entered by an assistant and checked for accuracy by the distributor. Purpose: The data was collected for PhD research. The dissertation is available online: Baumüller, H. 2015. Agricultural innovation and service delivery through mobile phones: Analyses in Kenya. Thesis at Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn. http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/2015/4046/4046.htm. An analysis of the data was also published in: Baumüller, H. (2015) Assessing the Role of Mobile Phones in Offering Price Information and Market Linkages: The Case of M-Farm in Kenya. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries 68 (6): 1-16. http://www.ejisdc.org/ojs2/index.php/ejisdc/article/view/1499.

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Keywords

mobile phone, m-farm, ICT, farming

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Citation

Heike Baumüller, 2023-09-18, Survey of M-Farm users, Kenya, 2012, doi:10.60507/FK2/4DBE3G, V1.0

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Id92
Dataset Typedataset
Internal Version Number11
Latest Version Publishing StateRELEASED
Deaccession LinkNot supplied
Release Time2023-09-18T10:40:18Z
Create Time2023-09-18T08:58:01Z
Citation Date2023-09-18
File Access RequestTrue

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Citation Metadata

Title title
Survey of M-Farm users, Kenya, 2012
Other Id otherId
  1. Other Id Agency
    ZEF Data Portal
    Other Id Value
    28f5131c-0f0b-4c86-8e6e-19f905fb77f1
Author author
  1. Author Name
    Heike Baumüller
    Author Affiliation
    Center for Development Research, Department Economy and Technological Change (ZEF B), University of Bonn
Dataset Contact datasetContact
  1. Dataset Contact Name
    Heike Baumüller
    Dataset Contact Affiliation
    Center for Development Research, Department Economy and Technological Change (ZEF B), University of Bonn
    Dataset Contact Email
    hbaumueller@uni-bonn.de
Ds Description dsDescription
  1. Ds Description Value
    M-Farm provides daily crop price information via SMS, assists smallholder farmers to collectively sell their produce, and connects buyers and sellers via an internet- and mobile phone-enabled platform. The survey data was collected in May 2012 as part of a case study to assess the role of M-Farm in facilitating farmers' participation in agricultural technology innovation processes. Specifically, the survey aimed at assessing the extent to which M-Farm has influenced farmers' decision to adopt technologies and their ability to generate additional income through their use. The survey was undertaken in Rachuonyo and Migori districts in the Southwest of Kenya. The two study sites were chosen because farmers have access to two different bundles of services, thus allowing for a comparison between the two set-ups in a natural experiment setting. In Rachuonyo farmers only receive price information through M-Farm. In Migori they can access price information and also collectively sell their passion fruits through M-Farm. Different (although similar) questionnaires were used in the study sites. Quality/Lineage: The survey was conducted by six enumerators and the answers were checked daily for completeness by the distributor. The data was entered by an assistant and checked for accuracy by the distributor. Purpose: The data was collected for PhD research. The dissertation is available online: Baumüller, H. 2015. Agricultural innovation and service delivery through mobile phones: Analyses in Kenya. Thesis at Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn. http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/2015/4046/4046.htm. An analysis of the data was also published in: Baumüller, H. (2015) Assessing the Role of Mobile Phones in Offering Price Information and Market Linkages: The Case of M-Farm in Kenya. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries 68 (6): 1-16. http://www.ejisdc.org/ojs2/index.php/ejisdc/article/view/1499.
Subject subject
  1. Other
Subject Refinement subjectRefinement
  1. Subject Refinement Value
    farming
Free Keyword freeKeyword
  1. Free Keyword Value
    mobile phone
  2. Free Keyword Value
    m-farm
  3. Free Keyword Value
    ICT
  4. Free Keyword Value
    farming
Topic Classification topicClassification
  1. Topic Class Value
    TIGA
    Topic Class Vocab
    Research Project
  2. Topic Class Value
    market price
    Topic Class Vocab
    GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
  3. Topic Class Value
    arable farming
    Topic Class Vocab
    GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
  4. Topic Class Value
    commercialisation
    Topic Class Vocab
    GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
Notes Text notesText
This dataset was first published on the institutional Repository "Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung: ZEF Data Portal" with ID={28f5131c-0f0b-4c86-8e6e-19f905fb77f1}.
Language language
  1. English
Time Period Covered timePeriodCovered
  1. Time Period Covered Start
    2012-05-20
    Time Period Covered End
    2012-05-31
Date Of Collection dateOfCollection
  1. Date Of Collection Start
    2015-02-26
    Date Of Collection End
    2015-02-26
Other References otherReferences
  1. The survey was undertaken with support from the M-Farm team in Nairobi, the Anglican Church of Kenya Development Services office in Kisumu and the enumerators who conducted the interviews.

Geospatial Metadata

Geographic Coverage geographicCoverage
  1. Country
    Kenya
  2. Other Geographic Coverage
    Rachuonyo
  3. Other Geographic Coverage
    Migori
Geographic Bounding Box geographicBoundingBox
  1. West Longitude
    33.013946553749115
    East Longitude
    43.2971496773181
    North Latitude
    5.717268357209241
    South Latitude
    -5.514685671170192

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