RE: Rationale Behind Cell Phones for Nigerian Farmers
The Growth Enhancement Support (GES) scheme is a wonderful idea which delivers farm inputs via electronic medium to pre-registered farmers directly through their phones. The fact that middle men have seemingly been eliminated from the system, thereby getting to the target of importance which is the farmer is commendable. However, I find some taking points interesting; 1. The according to the minister, he said “Some people think that our farmers are uneducated and cannot use cell phones. The evidence does not support that”. Right! So if this is the case one would expect that these farmers would already have phones and don’t need one. 2. There are farmers already registered on this scheme, does it register their phones or the SIM? Because it is possible to affix the SIM on another phone and the number would remain the same. Or are these phones going to be equipped with special features that th...