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The “First Kilometre” is a metaphor for reaching, interacting with, listening to, learning from, empowering and enriching smallholders. It is chosen to counter the “top-down” connotations of the more common “last mile” vocabulary.
Research on the topics covered here provided background for the WorldAgInfo Design Team on existing information systems for large and smallholder producers, and a beginning understanding of how they might be improved. While the issues involved are wide-ranging and incredibly complex, focus areas were identified where the Design Team would benefit from more in-depth research. Information gathered informed and helped shape the deliberations of the two workshops.
The Design Team commissioned research analysts to survey the literature, understand the issues of institutional context, and inventory what is happening on the ground. Each review resulted in an approximately 10-page report with a narrative review and list of citations. Eleven areas were surveyed, with an emphasis on successes, failures, scalability, incentives, sustainability and replicability.
Additional materials and an archive of the project web site can be found on the Internet Archive here.
Recent Submissions
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Radio Education: A Review of the Literature
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Supermarkets and Beyond: Literature Review on Farmer to Market Linkages in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
(World Ag Info Project, 2007-07-28)This paper reviews recent literature on selected issues that need to be considered in designing policies and programs to improve farmer-to-market linkages in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Since the “supermarket revolution” ... -
Curriculum Enhancement and Reform to Meet the Needs of Smallholder Farmers in Developing Countries: Survey of Literature
(World Ag Info Project, 2007-09-26)An agriculture-focused development agenda requires building and strengthening three core institutions— education, research and extension. These are the three nodes of what is referred as the “Agriculture Knowledge and ... -
The Private Sector and Smallholder Agriculture: Best Practices with Relevance to Mali, Zambia, India and Sri Lanka
(World Ag Info Project, 2007-10)This paper’s purpose is to assist WorldAgInfo Design Team members with a better understanding of how agricultural market practices and systems work most effectively for the poor, especially smallholders, with relevance or ... -
Major Agricultural Information Initiatives: With Emphasis on Developing Country Services
(World Ag Info Project, 2007-09-26)The purpose of this background paper on major agricultural information systems is not only to provide an overview of the wide variety of online agriculture-related content delivery services, but an understanding of the ... -
Agricultural Extension in Africa and Asia
(World Ag Info Project, 2007-08-15)Without question, agricultural extension is now back on the development agenda. The acknowledged failure of the T&V extension model in Asia and Africa in the late eighties and early nineties has stimulated debate on extension ... -
Corruption and the Smallholder: A Review of Current Literature and Research
(World Ag Info Project, 2007)Corruption is a hot topic of academic and public policy research. Specifically, corruption is often characterized as directly impacting the economies of developing countries: “Corruption undermines governance, economic ... -
Soil Health and Soil Quality: A Review
(World Ag Info Project, 2007-09-27) -
First Kilometer Incentives: A Review of the Literature
(World Ag Info Project, 2007)The purpose of this document is to review the literature concerning the incentives that are used to bridge the “First Kilometer.” The term “Last Mile” is often used to indicate the gap between the rural farmers and all of ... -
Integrated Pest Management Resources
(World Ag Info Project, 2008-01)
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