Sunday, August 26, 2012

Mobile phones save Indian farmers from crop losses...

In India, mobile phones are being used increasingly not only in the country's business districts but also in its farms.

Atul Bharve, a farmer from India'western state of Maharashtra' s Marathwada district, has said that a mobile phone message has averted his crop losses.

When the rains were delayed this year, he sent an SMS to Nokia Life Tools-a text message-based information service to seek advice on what to cultivate; he was promptly advised to focus on fodder.

"When the rains didn't arrive in early June, I panicked. But that crucial SMS from Nokia was a lifeline of sorts for my family," Bharve said.

Out of 929 million mobile phone users in India, 407 million belong to rural India of which majority of the owners are farmers. Full story...

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