Evaluation of Farmers Market Information System to Connect with Some Social Stakeholders
Evaluation of Farmers Market Information System to Connect with Some Social Stakeholders
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农贸市场信息系统与社会利益相关者联系的评价
DOI：
10.2197/ipsjjip.26.247
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发表时间：
2018
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N. Okazaki
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Isakwisa Gaddy Tende;Shin;H. Yamaba;Kentaro Aburada;N. Okazaki
坦桑尼亚的很大一部分人口是农村小农。由于缺乏市场信息，农民将农作物低价卖给中间商，得不到足够的利润。此前我们开发了基于WEB和SMS（短信服务）的农贸市场信息系统，采用瀑布模型，通过短信自动回复农民对农作物市场价格的请求。然后我们改进了系统，使农民可以通过短信获取农作物买家的详细信息和农作物需求报告，而农作物买家可以通过短信或WEB获取农民的详细信息和农作物需求报告。在坦桑尼亚以斯瓦希里语实施该系统后，我们还评估了该系统对农作物买家收入和获取市场信息时间的有效性。在本文中，我们进一步评估了系统的有效性。调查结果显示，该系统帮助农民提高了收入并在更短的时间内获取市场信息。该系统还帮助农民和农作物买家分别出售和购买大量农作物。研究结果还表明，年轻人比老年人更容易学习和使用该系统。如果用户能够用斯瓦希里语进行读写，无论其教育水平如何，他们都可以轻松学习和使用该系统。
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.