I'm Ali Abdullahi, a Ph D research student at School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading,UK. My research focus on evaluating the role of mobile phones in agricultural innovation in Nigeria with particular interest to grassroot innovations, seek to address the current issues of understanding how this overwhelming technology enhance agricultural innovation. This research approach is directional to agricultural development of Sub-Saharan Africa, which is constantly faced with challenges of changing policies, roles and failure for the convergence of various agricultural components in promoting an open system that encourages interplay of different actors involved. Farmers are hardly involved in innovation processes, who play central roles in agricultural activities of the region.