Cell phones are not just for talking
Cell phones are not just for talking. In the hands of our farmers and fisherfolk, the power of this technology can forge new enterprise cultures in agriculture and fisheries, critical to overall productivity. Affordable smartphones in the hands of our farmers mean they can receive planting advice and disease diagnoses from the Ministry of Agriculture or CARDI weather information be assisted with planning and coordination exchange information with other farmers (peer advice/assistance; knowing who is planting what and when to avoid a glut on the market) inform supermarkets, hotels and wholesale buyers what they have in stock, and receive orders receive payments via online banking through banks or credit unions. We need to take advantage of the profound effect that cellphone technology might have on Grenada’s efforts to reduce our import food bill, consistently deliver more produce at affordable prices, and support our national food security. For much of the past decade, cellphones