Table 6 Farmers' ownership, access and abilities to use digital tools
Access and ownership of digital resources (n = 1565) | ||
|---|---|---|
Digital resource | Farmers WITHOUT access | % Farmers WITH access |
Mobile phone | 2.2 | 97.8 |
Radio | 19.0 | 81.0 |
TV | 33.2 | 66.8 |
Cellular internet | 87.0 | 13.0 |
Computer | 97.2 | 2.8 |
Wifi | 97.3 | 2.7 |
Tablet | 98.9 | 1.1 |
Farmer’s competencies in a digital task (n = 1565) | ||
|---|---|---|
Farmers with the ability to: | % of farmers who CANNOT | % of farmers who CAN |
Answer calls on phone independently | 4.9 | 95.1 |
Place calls on phone | 10.1 | 89.6 |
Receive and read SMS on phone | 66.5 | 33.5 |
Send SMS messages | 68.8 | 31.2 |
Access audio messages sent to phone | 69.5 | 30.5 |
Send audio messages on phone | 77.5 | 22.5 |
Follow IVR on phone | 79.2 | 20.2 |
Browse the internet for information | 82.7 | 17.3 |
Use social media | 82.4 | 17.6 |
Use an independent phone app for activities | 82.6 | 17.4 |
Use a computer | 86.4 | 13.6 |