%0 Conference Proceedings
%T The Role of Digital Platforms in Disrupting Agricultural Value Chains in Developing Countries
%+ University of Manchester [Manchester]
%A Ezeomah, Bookie
%A Duncombe, Richard
%Z Part 2: Digital Platforms for Development
%< avec comité de lecture
%( IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
%B 15th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries (ICT4D)
%C Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
%Y Petter Nielsen
%Y Honest Christopher Kimaro
%I Springer International Publishing
%3 Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D
%V AICT-551
%N Part I
%P 231-247
%8 2019-05-01
%D 2019
%R 10.1007/978-3-030-18400-1_19
%K Digital platforms
%K Disruption
%K Agricultural value chains
%K Agricultural development
%Z Computer Science [cs]Conference papers
%X Mobile devices and the platforms they support are increasingly being mainstreamed into agricultural value chains. While the extant literature on the use of mobile devices for agriculture has focused on their use for the provision of m-services through short messaging services (SMS), unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) and voice calls, there is growing evidence of the adoption and use of a new wave of digital platforms (mobile apps, web apps and online databases) in agricultural value chains in developing regions. As debates on the disruptive potential of digital platforms in agriculture are still at a nascent stage, this scoping review investigates the current research landscape on the use of digital platforms in agricultural value chains in developing regions. An assessment of the 26 digital platforms identified through the review show their potential to cause change in a number of value chain processes. However, the review reveals certain methodological shortcomings and a dearth of empirical evidence to support claims of significant disruptive impact.
%G English
%Z TC 9
%Z WG 9.4
%2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-02285251/document
%2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-02285251/file/482525_1_En_19_Chapter.pdf
%L hal-02285251
%U https://inria.hal.science/hal-02285251
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