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It took me nine months, 100+ hours traveling on rough dirt roads (not including changing flat tires), four amazing volunteers, one great coordinator from the head Tabora office – thanks Craig, 50 or so staff to help conduct the survey, 626 farmers to participate in the survey, and too many hair-pulling hot hours in Africa to mention manually logging in the answers into my overheating laptop…but finally the long awaited for results are in.
KEY FINDINGS:
- 0% of farmers have electricity
- 0% of farmers have internet access within a 10 km radius
- Only 3% of farmers can read and speak English
- Only 2% own a computer
- 75% of farmers have cell phone coverage
- Cell phones are the prefered method of communication
Thanks again to everyone who has helped out and supported this project!
