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Presentations

Service delivery for small holder cocoa farmers: what's working, for who and where? , (Presentation) , Eric Agyare, Verina Ingram, Lucas Judge , 2014 , Wageningen UR and Solidaridad , english
Cloud-based tools for managing cooperatives & traceability , (Presentation) , Berlin, Robert , 2012 , World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting , English
Climate change impact on Indonesian cocoa production and strategies for adaptation , (Presentation) , Gonadi, Didiek H. , 2012 , World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting , English
Mobile extension service , (Presentation) , McCormick, Andy , 2012 , World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting , English
Verified brands program for agrochemicals , (Presentation) , 2012 , World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting, Zürich, Switzerland , English
DigitalGreen: video technology for extension , (Presentation) , 2012 , World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting , English

Mobile extension service

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Organization: 
World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting
Author: 
McCormick, Andy
Publication date: 
2012
Language: 
English
Topic: 
access to services & inputs
Country & region: 
Ghana
Keywords: 
farmers & production, access to services & inputs, agricultural extension, cellular telephones, ghana, ICT
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CocoaLink is a mobile technology service that delivers timely farming, social and marketing information to cocoa farmers in 15 communities in western Ghana to improve incomes and livelihoods. Cocoa farmers who subscribe to CocoaLink receive and share practical information via SMS text and voice messages with industry experts and other farmers. CocoaLink is available to any Ghanaian with a cell phone, with messages delivered in English or the local language.

Farmers & production

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