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Limited access to information about new technologies is a major barrier to agricultural productivity. To bridge this information gap, agricultural extension services increasingly use Information and Communication...

Information and communications technology has evolved significantly over the last seven decades, beginning with radio and video vans and culminating in the rise of smartphones and mobile internet in remote...

This brief provides a comprehensive overview of how digital tools and technologies are shaping the future of agriculture and rural livelihoods in the Asia and Pacific region. The report also emphasizes...

Highlights: Mobile cell phones enhance the efficiency of information flow among smallholder farmers. The utilization of the mobile phone apps is dependent on attitude, knowledge and...

The paper seeks to explain how technologies can be used to include smallholder farmers into the broader agri-food systems; this includes how smallholder farmers can be...

Due to an unprecedented agreement with the European Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission was in charge of collecting and analyze mobile positioning...

The rapid spread of mobile phones creates potential for sustainably raising agricultural productivity for the 2 billion people living in smallholder farming households. Meta-analyses suggest that providing...

Considerable resources are allocated to agricultural extension around the world, with questionable cost effectiveness. An obvious question is whether information and communication technologies can be used...

Low quality diets are a public health problem affecting individuals of all ages worldwide. Nudging for Good (NFG) is a new research project aimed at developing...

New studies published today by the JRC explain the relationship between human mobility and the spread of coronavirus, as well as the effectiveness of mobility restriction measures to contain the pandemic. The findings...