Code
01D03418
Duration
01 October 2018 → 20 March 2023
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Agricultural and natural resource economics, environmental and ecological economics
- Economic development, innovation, technological change and growth not elsewhere classified
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Farm and rural management
Keywords
Agricultural cooperatives
wireless sensor networks
smallholder farmers
yardstick effects
oligopsony
Project description
This study analyzes the role cooperatives could play in facilitating the adoption of wireless sensor networks amongst small-scale farmers. Through cooperatives, farmers could access sensor technology cheaper and its application could be better adapted to the farmers’ needs which will have a positive impact on their productivity levels. Cooperatives could have a yardstick effect and positively influence the market conditions.