Impact of SMS-based agricultural information on Indian farmers

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-414

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a   Minten, Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURE; CROP; CULTIVAR; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA;

EID: 84867133616     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhr056     Document Type: Article

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