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Introduction and Overview

PART 1: CTINGREA AND SHARING KWLEDGENO

1 Mobile Phone Applications for Weather and Climate Information for Smallholder Farmer Decision Making

2 Smartphones Supporting Monitoring Functions: Experiences from Sweet Potato Vine Distribution in sub-Saharan Africa

3 Customized Information Delivery for Dryland Farmers

4 mNutrition: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Content Development

PART 2: INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE INTERMEDIARIES

5 Introducting a Technology Stewardship Model to Encourage ICT Adoption in Agricultural Communities of Practice: Reflections on a Canada/Sri Lanka Partnership Project

6 Reducing Transaction Costs in Contract Farming Arrangements: the Case of Farmforce

7 Adoption of ICT Products and Services among Rice Farmers in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone

8 The Effect of ICTs on Agricultural Distribution Channels in Mexico

PART 3: FACILITATING CHANGE IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

9 Towards Alternate Theories of Change for M4ARD

10 Mobile for Agriculture (m4Agric) Services: Evidence from East Africa

11 Understanding the Impacts of Mobile Technology on Smallholder Agriculture

12 Farmerline: a For-profit Agtech Company with a Social Mission

13 Best Practice Lessons and Sources of Further Information

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