Around 80
percent of farmers in Bangladesh now own mobile phones which they use to
estimate the market demand for their crops, the World Bank has said.
In a study
titled "Information and Communication for Development 2012: Maximising
Mobile", the World Bank found that farmers arrange for sales through
mobile phones.
The study
conducted in Bangladesh, China, India and Vietnam by the International Food
Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C., highlighting the important role the
mobile device plays in linking markets and key stages of the value chain.
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