Essays about: "mobile value-chain"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words mobile value-chain.

1. 1. Participation, Empowerment and Power Dynamics in the Digitalisation of Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa; Ethnographic Research on the Smallholder Farmers’ Use of Mobile Platforms for Agricultural Development in Kenya

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Álvar González Bujedo; [2023-02-09]
   Keywords : ICT; Digital Services; Rural Development; Economic Growth; Poverty Alleviation; Social Practice Theory; Site Analysis; Participant Observation.;

   Abstract : Information and Communication Technologies, such as mobile phones, are hoped to contribute to rural development and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on that mobile platforms bundle diverse digital services, including financing, marketing, and value chain management, they are supposed to be of support to smallholder farmers. READ MORE

3. 2. Electric vehicles’ potential to provide flexibility services

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

   Author : Celina Gustafsson; [2022]
   Keywords : vehicle-to-grid; electric vehicle; flexibility services; battery storage; barriers to implementation; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The automotive industry is undergoing an unprecedented transformation, and all actors along the value chain are affected. A company in the midst of this is Axess Logistics, which offers car logistics solutions to general agents and dealers in the Scandinavian market. READ MORE

4. 3. The Nature of Digital Extension Services in the Developing World

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Elliot Mackenzie; [2022]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The rapid diffusion of mobile phones and the internet in Kenya is hoped to be an effective solution to meeting the crucial information needs of smallholder farmers to improve their economic and environmental resilience. This thesis conducts a case study based on interviews with actors who provide digital agricultural extension services to farmers in Kenya to assess the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS), and its features and current trajectory. READ MORE

5. 4. Consumer Technology for Sustainable Food Practices : the impact of mobile applications on consumer food behaviour

   University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

   Author : Nathan Pflaum; [2022]
   Keywords : Consumer Technology; Behavioural Economics; Decision Making; Sustainable Food Systems;

   Abstract : A food system is a long chain of activities comprised and contributed by multiple industry inputs and processes where a consumer in the food system is typically represented at the end of the value chain. A sustainable food system recognises the various influencing factors throughout the value chain and considers social, economic, and environmental impacts along all steps. READ MORE

6. 5. Dialling up women farmers’ empowerment vis-à-vis agriculture: Exploring the effects of mobile phones in rural India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Vanessa Berghoff; [2021]
   Keywords : agriculture; agricultural development; agricultural transformation; India; feminisation; farmer; women farmer; gender equality; empowerment; rural livelihoods; rural development; mobile phones; mobiles; smartphones; technology; ICT4D; ICT4Ag; mixed methods; quantitative methods; qualitative methods; case study; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite women being the backbone of the agricultural sector in India, the patriarchal agrarian system poses major obstacles and challenges specific to women farmers with consequences well beyond the individual. This research aims to explore how mobile phones can empower rural women vis-à-vis agriculture. READ MORE