LACK OF RURAL INTERNET AND CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY JEOPARDIZING GROWTH OF AG INDUSTRY

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Kristjan Hebert is a Global Farmer Network member from Canada. In this blog post, he describes how he can run his business from a cell phoneassigning work orders, purchasing inputs, marketing grain, and making capital decisionsbut only if he can access cellular service. With much of rural areas underserved by broadband and cell service he explains the digital divide.
Kristjan Hebert
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Kristjan Hebert

iteitei Kristjan 28,000 eka ena tutu ni tokalau ceva kei Saskatchewan, Kenada, voli ena malt barley, witi kaukauwa ni vulaitubutubu, canola, lutu iciqaso, na pea dromodromo kei na cakava. A lesu mai na univesiti ena 2008, vakadeitaka me vakatubura na iteitei ni matavuvale mai na 2,000 eka o ya ni a tubu cake tiko.
E vakayagataka o Kristjan na nona veika vakailavo (he's a CPA) kei ira na tamata me ra vakatulewa ena bisinisi ka vakasoqona vata na timi e gadrevi me tubu. E dau konitaraki na itei ki liu ni iteitei ka vukica na kakana ni kakana ki na so na ivakatagedegede me vaka na konitaraki ni volivolitaki ka rawa ni ra rawata.
Na vanua ni teitei e sega ni vakayagataka e levu na kena eka, ka lailai na kena itei ena kena vo. Na tekinolaji e oka kina na veisei ni veiveisau kei na dua na 6-9 ituvatuva ni lewai ni bulabula ni yabaki ka oka kina e vuqa na sala me vakayagataki kina na dausucu gone. Oqo e solia eso na veiqaravi rerevaki ena vica na yabaki me vaka oqo ena gauna e sa rui levu kina na isau ni daususu gone..
Sa cakacaka vata tiko o Kristjan kei tacina ka susu manumanu, me vakavurea na sila me baleti ira na bulumakau, then grow a cover crop that's available for grazing, qai vakuria na dautagane ki na vanua. Mai na rai ni i vuravura, he thinks it's important to get farmers and livestock producers working together.

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