How to Make a Smartphone-Based App for Agricultural Advice Attractive: Insights from a Choice Experiment in Mexico by Janet Molina-Maturano, Nele Verhulst, Juan Tur-Cardona, David T. Güerena, Andrea Gardeazábal-Monsalve, Bram Govaerts, Hans De Steur, Stijn Speelman

“…Mobile phone apps can be a cost-effective way to provide decision support to farmers, and they can support the collection of agricultural data. The digitisation of agricultural systems, and the efforts to close the digital divide and to include smallholders, make data ownership and privacy issues more relevant than ever before. …”
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Rotation, Mulch and Zero Tillage Reduce Weeds in a Long-Term Conservation Agriculture Trial by Simon Fonteyne, Ravi Gopal Singh, Bram Govaerts, Nele Verhulst

“…This study evaluated weed biomass, density and diversity with and without herbicide control in a long-term trial initiated in 1991 in the Mexican Highlands to evaluate all three components of conservation agriculture. Data were collected in 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014 and 2015. …”
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