Rural Connectivity as a Constraint on Digital Agriculture: A Perspective From Three Low-Coverage Regions

Abstract

Rural Connectivity as a Constraint on Digital Agriculture has moved quickly from a research idea to something a working farm
can actually use, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the current evidence for rural connectivity
as a constraint on digital agriculture, covering the methodological, practical, governance and cost angles, with an eye on where
practice has genuinely settled and where farms and advisors are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective,
context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.