This study assesses the potential of using micro-tasking to monitor socioeconomic and environmental indicators in remote settings using a new platform called KAZNET.
Field surveys are the workhorse of social and environmental research, but conventional collection through monitors or enumerators are cost prohibitive in many remote or otherwise difficult settings, which can lead to a poor understanding of those environments and an underrepresentation of the people living in them.
In such cases, micro-tasking can offer a promising alternative. By activating in-situ data collectors, micro-tasking avoids many of the large expenses related to conventional field survey processes. In addition to relaxing resource constraints, crowd-sourcing can be flexible and employ data quality protocols unheard-of for conventional methods.
This journal article assesses the potential of using micro-tasking to monitor socioeconomic and environmental indicators in remote settings using a new platform called KAZNET.
Citation: Chelanga P., Fava F., Alulu V., Banerjee R., Naibei O., Taye M., Berg M., Galgallo D., Gobu W., Lepariyo W., Muendo K. and Jensen N. (2022). KAZNET: An Open-Source, Micro-Tasking Platform for Remote Locations. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. Security, Land, Livelihoods and Food Security Volume 6 - 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.730836