Evaluation of Farmers Market Information System to Connect with Some Social Stakeholders

• Item type: Journal(1)
• 公開日: 2018-03-15
• タイトル: Evaluation of Farmers Market Information System to Connect with Some Social Stakeholders
• タイトル / 言語: en
• タイトル: Evaluation of Farmers Market Information System to Connect with Some Social Stakeholders
• 言語: eng
• キーワード / 主題Scheme: Other
• キーワード / 主題: [特集：若手研究者] Short Message Service, WEB, farmers' incomes, system usability
• 資源タイプ / 資源タイプ識別子: http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
• 資源タイプ: journal article
• 著者所属: Graduate School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, University of Miyazaki／Presently with Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology
• 著者所属: Center for Management of Information Technologies, Kumamoto University
• 著者所属: Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki
• 著者所属: Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki
• 著者所属: Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki
• 著者所属(英): en
• 著者所属(英): Graduate School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, University of Miyazaki / Presently with Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology
• 著者所属(英): en
• 著者所属(英): Center for Management of Information Technologies, Kumamoto University
• 著者所属(英): en
• 著者所属(英): Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki
• 著者所属(英): en
• 著者所属(英): Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki
• 著者所属(英): en
• 著者所属(英): Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki
• 著者名: Isakwisa, Gaddy Tende; Shin-Ichiro, Kubota; Hisaaki, Yamaba; Kentaro, Aburada; Naonobu, Okazaki
• 著者名(英): Isakwisa, Gaddy Tende; Shin-Ichiro, Kubota; Hisaaki, Yamaba; Kentaro, Aburada; Naonobu, Okazaki
• 論文抄録 / 内容記述タイプ: Other
• 論文抄録 / 内容記述: A large part of the population in Tanzania consists of rural smallholder farmers. Due to lack of market information, farmers sell crops to middlemen at lower prices and hence don't get enough profits. Previously we developed a WEB and SMS (Short Message Service) based Farmers Market Information System using a Waterfall model which automatically replies to farmers' requests for market prices of crops through SMS. We then improved the system so that, farmers can access crop buyers' details and crop demand reports through SMS while crop buyers can access farmers' details and crop demand reports through SMS or WEB. We also evaluated the effectiveness of the system to crop buyers' incomes and times for accessing market information after implementing the system in Tanzania in the SWAHILI language. In this paper we further evaluate the system effectiveness. Findings reveal that the system helped farmers to get improved incomes and access market information in shorter times. The system also helped farmers and crop buyers to sell and buy larger quantities of crops respectively. The findings also reveal that young people can learn and use the system more easily than old people. Users can also easily learn and use the system if they can read and write in the SWAHILI language regardless of their education levels.; ------------------------------; This is a preprint of an article intended for publication Journal of; Information Processing(JIP). This preprint should not be cited. This; article should be cited as: Journal of Information Processing Vol.26(2018) (online); DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2197/ipsjjip.26.247; ------------------------------
• 論文抄録(英) / 内容記述タイプ: Other
• 論文抄録(英) / 内容記述: A large part of the population in Tanzania consists of rural smallholder farmers. Due to lack of market information, farmers sell crops to middlemen at lower prices and hence don't get enough profits. Previously we developed a WEB and SMS (Short Message Service) based Farmers Market Information System using a Waterfall model which automatically replies to farmers' requests for market prices of crops through SMS. We then improved the system so that, farmers can access crop buyers' details and crop demand reports through SMS while crop buyers can access farmers' details and crop demand reports through SMS or WEB. We also evaluated the effectiveness of the system to crop buyers' incomes and times for accessing market information after implementing the system in Tanzania in the SWAHILI language. In this paper we further evaluate the system effectiveness. Findings reveal that the system helped farmers to get improved incomes and access market information in shorter times. The system also helped farmers and crop buyers to sell and buy larger quantities of crops respectively. The findings also reveal that young people can learn and use the system more easily than old people. Users can also easily learn and use the system if they can read and write in the SWAHILI language regardless of their education levels.; ------------------------------; This is a preprint of an article intended for publication Journal of; Information Processing(JIP). This preprint should not be cited. This; article should be cited as: Journal of Information Processing Vol.26(2018) (online); DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2197/ipsjjip.26.247; ------------------------------
• 書誌レコードID / 収録物識別子タイプ: NCID
• 書誌レコードID / 収録物識別子: AN00116647
• 書誌情報: 情報処理学会論文誌; 巻 59, 号 3, 発行日 2018-03-15
• ISSN / 収録物識別子タイプ: ISSN
• ISSN / 収録物識別子: 1882-7764