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Calling from the field...
By Arvind Kumar
The prospects of the Kisan Call Centre may seem very bright with the rise in the use of cell phone users in the rural belts of India. But agricultural specialists see a lot of defects in it as well.(Read)
Published October 31, 2009
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Harumi Gondo commented on "Calling from the field..." (9 months ago)
Very interesting article, Arvind, and I think it has a lot of potential. Can you explain a few things:
-what is Gram Panchayat?
-why was this call center (centre is the British spelling) opened? Was it related to the increase in the suicide rates of farmers?
-how is the call center funded?
-how does Mukesh Kumar know that 90% of the calls received are solved and what are some examples of problems that were solved? (quotes from farmers would be nice)
-how much of India is agricultural? what are far-reaching consequences of this call center effort?