Technology: more than mobiles

mobile phoneElectronic devices allow farmers in Africa to access and share information as never before. But the role of ‘technology’ in agriculture is about more than just sharing practices through mobile phones. Institutions, social change and politics play a part. In a new blog post, Jim Sumberg calls for a renewed recognition of these wider factors in debates about technology and technical change.

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