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Krone, Madlen and Dannenberg, Peter ORCID: 0000-0002-4159-6635 (2018). A Spatial Perspective on Access to Knowledge and Mobile Phone Use. Tijdschr. Econ. Soc. Geogr., 109 (5). S. 613 - 629. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1467-9663

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Abstract

Small-scale farmers in rural areas in the Global South often lack access to crucial business knowledge due to, among others, spatial constraints, for example, peripheral locations and poor transport infrastructure. Studies on information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) argue that the use of ICTs like mobile phones, supports farmers by overcoming these constraints. Combining concepts about knowledge with relational and spatial proximity, this paper aims to contribute to the current debate on ICT4D studies. Based on a survey and qualitative interviews with horticultural small-scale farmers in the Mwanza region, Tanzania, we analyse the potential and limitations of mobile phone use to reduce spatial constraints in order to access different types of knowledge. Our results show the benefits of phone use to access particularly external knowledge can only fully take place if the users already possess external contacts that are, however, usually based on personal relationships in close spatial proximity.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Krone, Madlen UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dannenberg, Peter UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4159-6635 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-164424
DOI:	10.1111/tesg.12322
Journal or Publication Title:	Tijdschr. Econ. Soc. Geogr.
Volume:	109
Number:	5
Page Range:	S. 613 - 629
Date:	2018
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1467-9663
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Geosciences > Geographisches Institut
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; TACIT KNOWLEDGE; INNOVATION; INFORMATION; PROXIMITY; AGRICULTURE; GEOGRAPHY; NETWORKS; DISTANCE; POWER Multiple languages Economics; Geography Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/16442