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This case study analyses the business model, market segment, successes and challenges, and scalability of e-Choupal, an internet kiosk and virtual market place where farmers can transact directly with other actors. It reviews how the transparent process is giving farmers more control over their choices, a higher profit margin on their crops, and access to information that improves their productivity.

This report reviews the Gatsby Foundation’s programme of support for agricultural research and technology dissemination in parts of sub-Saharan Africa. It describes some achievements and lessons learned, from the successful deployment of resistant crop varieties to combat the effects of cassava mosaic disease in Uganda, to the development of an entirely new approach to the management of insect pests, pioneered in western Kenya.