Reuters Market Light, Creating Efficient Markets

2010
Page count
44
pages
Description

This case study focuses on Reuters Market Light (RML), which offers a highly customised and localised agricultural information service. Using a subscription economy model, RML provides information services such as weather forecasts, crop advisory, proximate market data and crop prices, and relevant policy and national and international news via mobile phone-based Short Message Service (SMS) primarily aimed at farmers. The report describes the context, the business model, constraints and solutions, important actors and results of the model.

Publish date
Authors
A. Metz Cummings
B. Arora
Language of publication
English
Region/Country
Region
East Asia and Pacific
Country
India