Re: [change] UW Change Seminar Tuesday, Oct 23: Matt Ziegler
See you all in JHN 111 for Matt's talk at noon! -Philip On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 2:32 PM Philip Garrison wrote: > Please join us for the Change Seminar *Tuesday 10/23/2018 *in *JHN 111.* > > *Who:* Matt Ziegler > *What:* Fresh Insights: User Research Towards a Market Information System > for Bihari Vegetable Farmers > *When: *Tuesday, Oct 23rd, 12-1pm > *Where: *Johnson Hall 111 > > *Abstract: Fresh Insights: User Research Towards a Market Information > System for Bihari Vegetable Farmers* > Agricultural Market Information (MI) services provide users with > convenient access to price information and have demonstrated potential to > improve smallholder farmers’ incomes. Some recent evaluations of MI > systems, however, have shown disappointing results and brought forth many > complicating factors. Cautious of the mixed literature, we consider the > possibility of an MI service extension to Loop, a shared > transport-to-market service for smallholder farmers > selling vegetables and other perishable produce. > > We use Buxar, Bihar, India as a case study to investigate the potential > effectiveness and likely limitations of an MI service for improving > smallholder farmers’ livelihoods. We present evidence from interviews with > 17 farmers and 3 commission agents as well as interface prototyping > exercises. Consistent with “information scarcity” and “information > asymmetry” theories, we found that many farmers in this area regularly use > mobile phones to check prices for choosing markets and negotiation. > Participants also reported increases in the numbers of traders and price > stabilization since the arrival of mobile phones. However, we found many > other diverse factors which often supersede the importance of market prices > and present barriers to market access including time and convenience, > unfamiliarity with new markets, lack of connections, personal > relationships, market gluts and price crashes, production volume, attitudes > towards risk, credit relationships, and danger. Finally, we present > findings from exploratory user-interface studies for addressing some > market-access barriers including price volatility, market connections, > transportation, and payoff estimation. > > *Speaker bio:* > Matt Ziegler is a 1st-year PhD student in computer science at the > University of Washington, working at the crossroads of ICTD and > environmental studies. Combining backgrounds as a biologist, environmental > researcher and computer scientist, Matt's research interests include > environmental justice, computational tools for natural resource management, > and technologies for community governance of conservation projects. Matt > has worked in primate behavioral ecology, environmental education, and > insect biodiversity, and recently held internships at Mensrupedia and at > Digital Green. > ___ > change mailing list > change@change.washington.edu > https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > ___ change mailing list change@change.washington.edu https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change
[change] Fwd: UW Change Seminar Tuesday, Oct 23: Matt Ziegler
Do we have livestreaming? -- Forwarded message - From: Mary Jo Kochendorfer Date: Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [change] UW Change Seminar Tuesday, Oct 23: Matt Ziegler To: Hi Philip, Will there be any call in details for this meeting or is it in-person only? Thanks, Mary Jo On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 10:37 AM Philip Garrison wrote: > See you all in JHN 111 for Matt's talk at noon! > > -Philip > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 2:32 PM Philip Garrison < > phili...@cs.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Please join us for the Change Seminar *Tuesday 10/23/2018 *in *JHN 111.* >> >> *Who:* Matt Ziegler >> *What:* Fresh Insights: User Research Towards a Market Information >> System for Bihari Vegetable Farmers >> *When: *Tuesday, Oct 23rd, 12-1pm >> *Where: *Johnson Hall 111 >> >> *Abstract: Fresh Insights: User Research Towards a Market Information >> System for Bihari Vegetable Farmers* >> Agricultural Market Information (MI) services provide users with >> convenient access to price information and have demonstrated potential to >> improve smallholder farmers’ incomes. Some recent evaluations of MI >> systems, however, have shown disappointing results and brought forth many >> complicating factors. Cautious of the mixed literature, we consider the >> possibility of an MI service extension to Loop, a shared >> transport-to-market service for smallholder farmers >> selling vegetables and other perishable produce. >> >> We use Buxar, Bihar, India as a case study to investigate the potential >> effectiveness and likely limitations of an MI service for improving >> smallholder farmers’ livelihoods. We present evidence from interviews with >> 17 farmers and 3 commission agents as well as interface prototyping >> exercises. Consistent with “information scarcity” and “information >> asymmetry” theories, we found that many farmers in this area regularly use >> mobile phones to check prices for choosing markets and negotiation. >> Participants also reported increases in the numbers of traders and price >> stabilization since the arrival of mobile phones. However, we found many >> other diverse factors which often supersede the importance of market prices >> and present barriers to market access including time and convenience, >> unfamiliarity with new markets, lack of connections, personal >> relationships, market gluts and price crashes, production volume, attitudes >> towards risk, credit relationships, and danger. Finally, we present >> findings from exploratory user-interface studies for addressing some >> market-access barriers including price volatility, market connections, >> transportation, and payoff estimation. >> >> *Speaker bio:* >> Matt Ziegler is a 1st-year PhD student in computer science at the >> University of Washington, working at the crossroads of ICTD and >> environmental studies. Combining backgrounds as a biologist, environmental >> researcher and computer scientist, Matt's research interests include >> environmental justice, computational tools for natural resource management, >> and technologies for community governance of conservation projects. Matt >> has worked in primate behavioral ecology, environmental education, and >> insect biodiversity, and recently held internships at Mensrupedia and at >> Digital Green. >> ___ >> change mailing list >> change@change.washington.edu >> https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change >> > ___ > change mailing list > change@change.washington.edu > https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > -- Mary Jo Kochendorfer US Mobile: +1 (612) 703 - 5034 ___ change mailing list change@change.washington.edu https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change
Re: [change] UW Change Seminar Tuesday, Oct 23: Matt Ziegler
We have set up a livestream for the talk. Connect by video: https://meet.google.com/ath-yqem-owj Or by phone: dial +1 470-241-4852 and enter this PIN: 997 635 986# -Philip On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 10:39 AM Philip Garrison wrote: > See you all in JHN 111 for Matt's talk at noon! > > -Philip > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 2:32 PM Philip Garrison < > phili...@cs.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Please join us for the Change Seminar *Tuesday 10/23/2018 *in *JHN 111.* >> >> *Who:* Matt Ziegler >> *What:* Fresh Insights: User Research Towards a Market Information >> System for Bihari Vegetable Farmers >> *When: *Tuesday, Oct 23rd, 12-1pm >> *Where: *Johnson Hall 111 >> >> *Abstract: Fresh Insights: User Research Towards a Market Information >> System for Bihari Vegetable Farmers* >> Agricultural Market Information (MI) services provide users with >> convenient access to price information and have demonstrated potential to >> improve smallholder farmers’ incomes. Some recent evaluations of MI >> systems, however, have shown disappointing results and brought forth many >> complicating factors. Cautious of the mixed literature, we consider the >> possibility of an MI service extension to Loop, a shared >> transport-to-market service for smallholder farmers >> selling vegetables and other perishable produce. >> >> We use Buxar, Bihar, India as a case study to investigate the potential >> effectiveness and likely limitations of an MI service for improving >> smallholder farmers’ livelihoods. We present evidence from interviews with >> 17 farmers and 3 commission agents as well as interface prototyping >> exercises. Consistent with “information scarcity” and “information >> asymmetry” theories, we found that many farmers in this area regularly use >> mobile phones to check prices for choosing markets and negotiation. >> Participants also reported increases in the numbers of traders and price >> stabilization since the arrival of mobile phones. However, we found many >> other diverse factors which often supersede the importance of market prices >> and present barriers to market access including time and convenience, >> unfamiliarity with new markets, lack of connections, personal >> relationships, market gluts and price crashes, production volume, attitudes >> towards risk, credit relationships, and danger. Finally, we present >> findings from exploratory user-interface studies for addressing some >> market-access barriers including price volatility, market connections, >> transportation, and payoff estimation. >> >> *Speaker bio:* >> Matt Ziegler is a 1st-year PhD student in computer science at the >> University of Washington, working at the crossroads of ICTD and >> environmental studies. Combining backgrounds as a biologist, environmental >> researcher and computer scientist, Matt's research interests include >> environmental justice, computational tools for natural resource management, >> and technologies for community governance of conservation projects. Matt >> has worked in primate behavioral ecology, environmental education, and >> insect biodiversity, and recently held internships at Mensrupedia and at >> Digital Green. >> ___ >> change mailing list >> change@change.washington.edu >> https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change >> > ___ > change mailing list > change@change.washington.edu > https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > ___ change mailing list change@change.washington.edu https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change
