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In 2007, ShoreBank International (SBI) conducted a household livelihood survey in the Pakistani Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) region, following the 2005 earthquake.

This case study shares the experiences of ACDI/VOCA in India as it developed an information and communication technology (ICT) application to improve information flows and communication in a fresh fruit and vegetable value chain.

The Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) project in India has found that the use of outpatient services by clients is associated with increased renewals. As an added benefit of its cashless inpatient health insurance product, SSP offers clients a discount of approximately 50 percent on consultation fees from a network of local physicians and a 40 to 70 percent discount on the retail price of drugs. This Emerging Insight highlights the project's observations around client behavior related to outpatient services.

Awaaz.De is a participatory, voice-based, and open-source platform that functions as a voice message board and information service and is currently being used in India for a number of agricultural purposes.

IKSL produced a special SIM card that includes access to a number of agricultural information services in India.

Nokia Life Tools is currently providing agricultural information to farmers across China, India, Indonesia, and Nigeria.

This case study provides an illustration of the potential for a value chain approach to reduce poverty and social exclusion in a challenging, post-disaster environment.

Digital Green disseminates targeted agricultural information via digital media to small-scale and marginal farmers in India.