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Jenna Burrell

Field Notes

Scarcity of Space in the Market

The area around Makola market is crowded with traders trying to carve out a small space to display their goods and attract the attention of potential customers. Rentable shops and market stalls are in short supply. It is fairly common for a property owner to ask for 10 years up Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 8 yearsJuly 10, 2015 ago
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How to support smallholder and women farmers with ICT4Ag

Wondering what the research is saying about building ICT solutions in Agriculture? Our first ICT4D Technology Research Brief. Click to download the PDF:

By Jenna Burrell, 8 yearsJune 5, 2015 ago
Farming

What do RCTs of Market Information Systems actually evaluate?

There are now quite a number of experimental designs and RCTs (randomized controlled trials) of market information systems measuring revenue gained by rural agriculturalists (farmers, fishermen) and traders. While some show improvements to the prices farmers get for their crops, others disappointingly show a lack of impact. There are also Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 8 yearsJune 1, 2015 ago
Farming

The ‘Myth of Market Price Information’ at the CRS ICT4D conference

A warm welcome to visitors who’ve found their way to this page from the Catholic Relief Services ICT4D conference. To know more about the objectives of this 5+ year research project visit our about page. If you are involved in an ICT4D project in the domain of agricultural, markets, and Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 8 yearsMay 27, 2015 ago
Farming

Chris Foster on ‘Thinking about market information systems’ in Rwanda’s tea sector

Reposting this entry from The Connectivity, Inclusion, and Inequality Group blog at the Oxford Internet Institute. (see the original post here and download the full report on connectivity and the tea sector in Rwanda) by Chris Foster Market information systems are growing in popularity as an intervention by governments, NGOs Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 8 yearsMay 20, 2015 ago
M-Banking

Boda-boda driver, Kampala, Uganda

The daily financial lives of the poor are, without doubt, immensely complex. Irregular, uneven income streams are frequently unable to meet recurring and emergency expenses. Savings deposits and insurance schemes are almost non-existent, and reliance on credit is high. These credit instruments in turn are multifaceted; low-income populations diversify their Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 8 yearsSeptember 26, 2014 ago
Farming

Agricultural Product Seller, rural Uganda

In the absence of agricultural extension officers (paid by the government to disseminate information and expertise on farming), many farmers rely on the local seller of agricultural inputs for tips and advice on handling crop diseases and pests and dealing with other farming problems. Many new mobile phone apps propose Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 8 yearsSeptember 23, 2014 ago
M-Banking

Mobile phones and money — formal vs. informal finance (Uganda)

We are now in the process of analyzing data from last summer’s fieldwork on mobile phone use and money practices (conducted by Ishita Ghosh and Aisha Kigongo – with remote support thanks to Skype and Dropbox from Jenna Burrell). A standard schema of categorization when trying to understand the personal Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 9 yearsMay 29, 2014 ago
Fishing

Revisiting the fishers of Kerala: understanding diverse uses of mobile phones and definitions of welfare

This month Janaki Srinivasan presented at the ICTD conference on her project revisiting the site of a canonical study on mobile phone use by fishermen in north Kerala. The original study (by economist Rob Jensen) showed compelling evidence that fishermen used mobile phones to check prices at different beach landing Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 9 yearsDecember 29, 2013 ago
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University Graduate in the Countryside (大学生村官), rural Hebei

Ms Sun* is a university graduate in her mid 20s, originally from a village in the Shaanxi province. She graduated in geography from a university in Beijing, and on her last year as a student she took the exam to become a “university graduate village official” (大学生 村官). This is Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 10 yearsApril 23, 2013 ago

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