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project
description |
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The number of cell phones in Pabal has increased rapidly in recent years. A high number of villagers now own cell phones, and a large cell phone tower in Pabal allows people to reliably get reception in most places in the village.
Already, some farmers are using cell phones to get up to date weather information and market price information. However, it is likely there are more possibilities for using cell phones to provide benefits to the community. A student could research and identify ways in which cell phones could be used to improve village life and design training materials to convey this information. |
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utility
of the solution |
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The local community could use training materials and suggestions how to utilize cell phones. This would allow them to make better use of these resources. |
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economic
benefits / required training / major
impacts |
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Providing specific ways that cell phones could be used to benefit villagers has the potential to provide economic benefit in a number of ways. Part of this project is for the student to identify these possibilities.
Training of the local community, if necessary, could be provided by Vigyan Ashram. However, training materials should be as simple and self-explanatory as possible to allow students to be able to use it by working with it themselves rather than by undergoing extensive training. |
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description
of current local situation & resources |
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Since many villagers don’t speak English, information is often sent in Marathi, but in English script rather than Marathi script. |
