@article{Yamano:284815,
      recid = {284815},
      author = {Yamano, T. and Khanam, T.S. and Yaguchi, Y.},
      title = {Who pays for Agricultural Information on Mobile Phones?  Evidence from Three Countries in South Asia},
      address = {2017-01},
      number = {2196-2019-1281},
      pages = {11},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {We use data from 8,896 rice farmers based on three surveys  in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, conducted in 2015 and  2016. In the surveys, we asked sample farmers about their  use mobile phones to obtain information about weather,  agricultural prices, rice seeds, and production practices.  We find that more than 13% of all sample farmers received  some information about agriculture through operators and  SMS messages on their mobile phones from private and  extension agencies. The percentage ranges widely across  regions and countries. Farmers paid for about half of the  calls, often registered to receive them. In India, farmers  who live away from the nearest market are more likely to  receive paid calls about agricultural information.  Better-off farmers in Pakistan are more likely to receive  calls on their mobile phones agricultural information. In  Bangladesh, only 2% of the sample farmers received  agricultural information on their mobile phones.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/284815},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.284815},
}