Welcome to the M-Agriculture Wiki

In recent years the ICT4D field has changed its focus profoundly, mainly due to the wide use of mobile phones. Africa has the highest growing rates of mobile subscribers, while other ACP (African-Caribean-Pacific) countries have witnessed similar developments. Within a few years over a billion people  now have access to information and communication technologies. Although the mobile phone dissemination is most remarkable, many other methods of access and new channels for exchange have emerged in the last years. What does that mean for the potential of new service models? How can the success of mobile market information systems or m-banking be adopted for other services particularly in rural areas and for farmers?

This Wiki is a shared space for the sharing knowledge about uses of mobile devices for agriculture and rural development. On the site we share examples and case studies from across the world, especially those demonstrating new service models.

The wiki has a holistic approach to presenting the wider possibilities of service models particularly in rural areas. Therefore, we  highlight: 

• many different methods of access to ICT's and channels to deliver information in order to reach all possible audiences. Each channel, and the different service models, offer various different examples to explore different options. 
• a wide list of examples for various different service models.
• on the statistical page we list various resources on latest trends around ICTs in ACP countries.