Benjamin Kwasi Addom

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, Capacity Building, ICTs and Gender Issues in Ag. Value Chains, on the site GBI Portal 2 weeks, 1 day ago

The main obstacle to food security (the availability, access, and utilization of food) in most agricultural-based developing economies is lack of human, technical and institutional capacity to produce and […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, Capacity Building, ICTs and Gender Issues in Ag. Value Chains, on the site Agriculture 2 weeks, 1 day ago

The main obstacle to food security (the availability, access, and utilization of food) in most agricultural-based developing economies is lack of human, technical and institutional capacity to produce and […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, From ICT4Ed to ICT4Ag: The Potential of EasySMS Mobile App!, on the site GBI Portal 3 weeks, 3 days ago

EasySMS mobile app intends to enable illiterate people to “read” SMS on Windows Phone 7; understand the meaning of each word of the SMS; and write SMS using icons with sound support and SMS recomposition from […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, From ICT4Ed to ICT4Ag: The Potential of EasySMS Mobile App!, on the site Agriculture 3 weeks, 3 days ago

EasySMS mobile app intends to enable illiterate people to “read” SMS on Windows Phone 7; understand the meaning of each word of the SMS; and write SMS using icons with sound support and SMS recomposition from […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, High Capacity Broadband Submarine Cable for Haiti, on the site GBI Portal 1 month ago

An initiative to connect Haiti with the rest of the world via Internet connectivity, two years after the devastating earthquake has been launched. The project which involves a construction of a US$16m 200km […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, High Capacity Broadband Submarine Cable for Haiti, on the site Economic Growth & Trade 1 month ago

An initiative to connect Haiti with the rest of the world via Internet connectivity, two years after the devastating earthquake has been launched. The project which involves a construction of a US$16m 200km […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, AGRONET: Connecting small producers to information in Colombia, on the site Agriculture 1 month ago

AGRONET, a National Agricultural Information and Communication Network was developed with the goal to connect small producers in Colombia and reduce the digital divide through public private partnerships and […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, AGRONET: Connecting small producers to information in Colombia, on the site GBI Portal 1 month ago

AGRONET, a National Agricultural Information and Communication Network was developed with the goal to connect small producers in Colombia and reduce the digital divide through public private partnerships and […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, Another App for Smallholder Farmers: M-Farm, on the site Agriculture 1 month, 1 week ago

M-Farm is an award winning mobile solution for agribusinesses and farmers currently being piloted in Kenya. It is an SMS and web-based application focused on improving weaknesses in the value chain. It is a […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, Another App for Smallholder Farmers: M-Farm, on the site GBI Portal 1 month, 1 week ago

M-Farm is an award winning mobile solution for agribusinesses and farmers currently being piloted in Kenya. It is an SMS and web-based application focused on improving weaknesses in the value chain. It is a […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom commented on the post, Fasal: A Free SMS Service to Boost Farmers’ Income, on the site Agriculture 1 month, 1 week ago

Hello B.K Prusty,

Thanks so much for the information on the use of ICTs in agriculture in India. I am sure you are aware of the database that we are working on here at GBI. I would be very grateful if you can […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom commented on the post, Fasal: A Free SMS Service to Boost Farmers’ Income, on the site Agriculture 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hello Bhaumik Shah,

Thanks for your comment and for sharing your experience on the subject from context – India.

I totally agree with you that SMS is not the best medium for getting information to farmers in […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, Africa Monitoring System (AMS) for Sustainable Food Security, on the site GBI Portal 1 month, 2 weeks ago

An initiative being co-led by Conservation International (CI), the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa and the Earth Institute (EI), Columbia University, has been launched with a […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, Africa Monitoring System (AMS) for Sustainable Food Security, on the site Agriculture 1 month, 2 weeks ago

An initiative being co-led by Conservation International (CI), the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa and the Earth Institute (EI), Columbia University, has been launched with a […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, 8Villages: A new social network app for smallholder farmers, on the site GBI Portal 1 month, 2 weeks ago

One of the new ICT solutions that I have discovered and love to share with agricultural commodity value chain implementers is 8Villages, a mobile platform that links farmers to their communities of peers, […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, 8Villages: A new social network app for smallholder farmers, on the site Agriculture 1 month, 2 weeks ago

One of the new ICT solutions that I have discovered and love to share with agricultural commodity value chain implementers is 8Villages, a mobile platform that links farmers to their communities of peers, […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom commented on the post, A business model for delivering information to smallholder farmers: RUNetwork, on the site Agriculture 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Great comment, Hamiisi!

I am not sure whether you are saying “zero pay to farmers”. Do you mean farmers don’t pay for the services you provide to them? If yes, then how are you going to sustain the initiative? […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom commented on the post, Mapping ICT Solutions along the Ag. Value Chain, on the site Agriculture 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dear Hambly,

Thanks for your comment. You can access the current beta version of the database here: http://agriculture.gbiportal.net/icts-along-the-ag-value-chain/

Please take time to browse through for […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, A business model for delivering information to smallholder farmers: RUNetwork, on the site Agriculture 1 month, 3 weeks ago

As the hype for integrating new information and communication technologies (ICTs) into agricultural value chain projects increases, one of the common questions that ICT4D analysts often try to answer is, who […]

Benjamin Kwasi Addom wrote a new post, A business model for delivering information to smallholder farmers: RUNetwork, on the site GBI Portal 1 month, 3 weeks ago

As the hype for integrating new information and communication technologies (ICTs) into agricultural value chain projects increases, one of the common questions that ICT4D analysts often try to answer is, who […]