Comments on: Internet Spreads to China’s Rural Areas http://www.panasianbiz.com/doing-business-in-china/internet-spreads-to-chinas-rur/ News in Asia - politics, movies, music, sports, business Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:10:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Falen http://www.panasianbiz.com/doing-business-in-china/internet-spreads-to-chinas-rur/comment-page-1/#comment-4298 Falen Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:44:35 +0000 http://www.panasianbiz.com/?p=3746#comment-4298 <p>And don't underestimate the power of information!!! Remember, for folks making merely couple hundreds dollars per year farming, being able to find better bargains for farm supplies and get a better price for their crop is HUGE. If they can save like 50 bucks a year finding savings online, that's huge improvement. Previously poor farmers are totally at the mercy at the monopoly of the regional wholesalers, and now they have much higher bargaining power if they can reach out to other buyers online.</p> <p>Agri infos and price info give farmers ideas on what crops to plant.</p> <p>Remember these guys are dirt poor, any type of information has the possibility of making substantial improvement to their livilihood.</p> And don’t underestimate the power of information!!! Remember, for folks making merely couple hundreds dollars per year farming, being able to find better bargains for farm supplies and get a better price for their crop is HUGE. If they can save like 50 bucks a year finding savings online, that’s huge improvement. Previously poor farmers are totally at the mercy at the monopoly of the regional wholesalers, and now they have much higher bargaining power if they can reach out to other buyers online.

Agri infos and price info give farmers ideas on what crops to plant.

Remember these guys are dirt poor, any type of information has the possibility of making substantial improvement to their livilihood.

]]> By: Falen http://www.panasianbiz.com/doing-business-in-china/internet-spreads-to-chinas-rur/comment-page-1/#comment-4297 Falen Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:30:31 +0000 http://www.panasianbiz.com/?p=3746#comment-4297 <p>5.1% is actually much higher percentage than I thought. That means internet access are making steady and significant headway into the rural population. Though I suspect the penetration is probably uneven and in some rural areas are so god-forsaken remote that any sort of economic development is not going to come to them for yet another generation.</p> <p>I have heard of places that the only way in is by foot through some dirt mountain pass, and mail only comes once every month. Yah, those people aren't going to see any wealth for generations unless they all leave the place.</p> 5.1% is actually much higher percentage than I thought. That means internet access are making steady and significant headway into the rural population. Though I suspect the penetration is probably uneven and in some rural areas are so god-forsaken remote that any sort of economic development is not going to come to them for yet another generation.

I have heard of places that the only way in is by foot through some dirt mountain pass, and mail only comes once every month. Yah, those people aren’t going to see any wealth for generations unless they all leave the place.

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