Integration of SMS and E-Commerce for Nigerian Agricultural System

Abstract

e-Agriculture is an emerging field in the intersection of agricultural informatics, agricultural development and entrepreneurship, referring to agricultural services, technology dissemination, and information delivered or enhanced through the Internet and related technologies. Electronic commerce commonly known as e-Commerce or e-Business consists of buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the internet and other computer networks. The main objective of this paper is to come up with a simple framework by integrating Simple Messaging Service into ecommerce for Nigerian farmers, in which a rural farmer can easily have access to ecommerce (online marketplace) using Simple Messaging Service, while the other customers can view the ecommerce platform online (Web Based). Some rural farmers are only familiar with Cell Phones, they cannot operate smartphones talk less of going online using personal Computers for e-commerce business. These framework also shows how to develop an m-commerce platform where the rural farmers can meet and discuss on farm information with the consumers all over the world