Farmers Catch the Tech Bug

Since October 2006, farmers in seven Indian villages have begun sending SMSes to the PC-based system at the back end and receive information regarding each farmer’s produce, their fertilizer outputs, issuance of harvesting permits and getting their pay stubs, all thanks to a project by Microsoft Research’s Technology for Emerging Markets group.

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