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Sustainable ICTs for Agriculture & Global Trends

Presented at

15-17 Nov 2018

Nanjing, China

The state of agriculture, food security and nutrition in the world

The role of digital technologies in agriculture

Achieving more through cross-sectoral partnerships

The state of agriculture, food security and nutrition in the world

The role of digital technologies in agriculture

Achieving more through cross-sectoral partnerships

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

17 Goals.169 targets to achieve within the next 12 years!

AGRICULTURE & FOOD SECURITY

There is more than enough food produced today to feed everyone in the world, yet close to 821 (2017) million are chronically hungry.

One in nine people on the planet still suffer from hunger

Every year, the world loses or waste about a third of the food it produces

Women make up almost half the agricultural workforce, but they own less land and lack

access to resources.

A third of farmland is degraded, up to 75 percent of crop genetic diversity has been lost and 22 percent of animal breeds are at risk.

Average age of farmers is increasing

The number of hungry people has barely changed during the past 2 years

Multiple burden of malnutrition despite decades of economic growth.

Increasingly impacted by climatic shocks

Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition

• Continued stagnation in hunger levels in Asia and the Pacific. Rise in some sub-regions

• Slow down of reduction of undernutrition -changing food systems in the region - double burden of malnutrition in all countries. Unacceptably high prevalence of undernutrition in

young children + rising overweight and obesity in children and adults.

• Need for shared actions implemented through

multi-sectoral approaches

• Growing incidence of and damage from climate-related disasters negatively affecting food security and nutrition.

• Urban malnutrition – New challenges and need for new nutrition partners and policy advocates.

UNDERNOURISHMENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC

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15.715

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CLIMATE CHANGE & AGRICULTURE

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PakistanFloods (2011)

PhilippinesTyphoon

(2013)

VietnamFloods (2016)

MyanmarFloods (2014)

Nepal Floods(2017)

Lao PDRTyphoon

(2011)

Fiji Cyclone(2016)

Sri LankaFloods (2017)

Perc

ent

Share of agriculture in total damage and loss

IMPACT OF CLIMATE-RELATED SHOCKS

Source: Based on EM-DAT

Climate-related events are negatively impacting agricultural livelihoods in the region

170 million workdays

3.36B in wages in 2011

540 400 people affected

USD 4.2 million

RAPID URBANIZATION

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BROAD CATEGORIES OF CHALLENGES

The coping strategies of farmers and their resilience in the face of droughtsLack of famers capacity and knowledge to adopt newer farming practicesPopulation growth and diverse food habitsShrinking access to arable landYouth in agriculture, average age of farmersLack of access to quality agricultural inputsLack of farm/agriculture mechanization adaptationLack of access to water resourcesInadequate supplies of improved crop varieties and certified seedsInsufficient access to credit by the farmersInadequate extension support to farmersPoor on-farm management of water, crops, and pestsLack of post harvest storage & logistics infrastructure access by farmers resulting in post harvest lossesDisaster management and early warningMarketing, channels, access to markets and linkages

Production and post production processingSocial and gender issuesFood quality standards and monitoring

The state of agriculture, food security and nutrition in the world

The role of digital technologies in agriculture

Achieving more through cross-sectoral partnerships

The state of agriculture, food security and nutrition in the world

The role of digital technologies in agriculture

Achieving more through cross-sectoral partnerships

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION & SDGs

Satellite ImageryGIS

DronesIOTs

Mobile BroadbandSatellite

Fixed / Fibre

Cloud, DatabaseDigital Platform and

AnalyticsDLT / Blockchain

Mobile e-application

IOTsSensors

Smart MetersEV Charging

Mobile BroadbandWireless Networks

Smart GridsHome Energy Gateway

And Network

Cloud ComputingDatabase

Digital Platform and Analytics

Mobile e-application

Displays

IOTs(e.g. RFIDs /Health

Sensors / Wearables)

Location

Mobile BroadbandHome Wireless

SatelliteFixed / Fiber

Cloud computingDatabase

Digital Platform and Analytics

Mobile e-application

Remote monitoring

Enab

ling En

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men

t , Digital In

clusio

n

Skills and

capacity B

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Inn

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n

+

Source: ITU-T Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities

SUSTAINABLE SMART CITY

MOBILE COVERAGE & BROADBAND

Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ ICT Indicators database (*estimate)

SMART CITIES – Powered by ICTs

Digital Agenda for Europe

Smart Cities (China)

Realizing the potential of digital technologies countries and entities have embarked on digital nation, smart city, digital transformation programs

EXISTING AND IOT POTENTIAL SERVICES

• RFID• Bluetooth• Zigbee• WiFi

IOT TECHNOLOGIES

Long RangeFixed & Short Range

LoRaWAN

https://www.lora-alliance.org/

Sigfox

https://www.sigfox.com/en/coverage

865 operators investing in LTE, including pre-commitment trials. 681 commercially launched LTE or LTE-Advanced networks in 208

countries, including those using LTE for FWA services, as well as 114 LTE-TDD (TD-LTE) networks launched in 60 countries.

156 commercial VoLTE networks in 76 countries and 229 operators investing in VoLTE in 107 countries.

261 launched networks that are LTE-Advanced in 119 countries. 690–700 anticipated commercially launched LTE networks by end-

2018 (GSA forecast). 60 NB-IoT and 18 LTE-M/Cat-M1 networks commercially launched

with 57 other operators investing in NB-IoT and 26 other operators investing in LTE-M/Cat-M1 in the form of tests, trials or planned deployments.

154 operators that have been engaged in, are engaged in, plan to engage in, or have been licensed to undertake 5G demos, tests or trials of one or more constituent technologies.

67 telecom operators in 39 countries have announced intentions of making 5G available to their customers between 2018 and 2022

Report:

Evolution

from LTE to

5G, GSA

https://gsacom.com/

LTE AND NB-IOT

5G – vision of a more connected services

HIGH SPEED BROADBAND AND IOT

5G TIMELINES: ITU-R AND 3GPP

SERVICES THAT 5G WOULD ENABLE

LOW-COST, HIGH POWER SENSORS

Sensor Types (source: harbor research @ HarborResearch.com)

FINTECH

Key

Technologies

Cloud Computing

Big Data

Artificial Intelligence

Blo

ckch

ain

Relatively cheap and

scalable computing

resources

High quality

data

Mass data storage

and data

aggregation

Improve the speed and

quality of data

collection and

processing

Reg

Tech

Source: Dr. Han Han, Senior Engineer, China Academy of ICT

Key technology driver for the development of the financial

industry.

INTERSECTORAL LEVERAGE

Universal Broadband

Infrastructure Security

Emergency

IoT, Sensor Networks, GIS, Satellites

C&I

Health

Agriculture

Governance

Spectrum Management

Standards, Conformity & Interoperability

Digital Inclusion

SMART SOCIETY

Green ICT & E-Waste

Education

TransportCapacity Building

Electricity

Water

Finance

Measurements

Privacy & Security

Policy & Regulation

Applications

Investment

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN AGRICULTURE

Artificial

Intelligence

Distributed Ledger

Technologies (DLT)

TECHNOLOGY HIERARCHY

Technologies:Used To CreateApplications

Applications:Crypto-currency as a ‘means of payment’ and/or a ‘digital asset’

Source: Leon Perlman, ITU Asia-Pacific CoE Training on Distributed Ledger Technologies (Blockchain) Ecosystem and Decentralization

DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGIES

DLT BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM

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[Blackmooncrypto.com]Source: J.-M. Seigneur, “Distributed Ledger Technologies (Blockchain) Ecosystem and Decentralization,” presented at the ITU Asia-Pacific Centre of Excellence Bangkok 2018 DLT Training, 2018, http://itu.int/go/Blockchainsep2018

The state of agriculture, food security and nutrition in the world

The role of digital technologies in agriculture

Achieving more through cross-sectoral partnerships

The state of agriculture, food security and nutrition in the world

The role of digital technologies in agriculture

Achieving more through cross-sectoral partnerships

ROLE OF ICTS IN AGRICULTURE

E-AGRICULTURE SERVICE CATEGORIES

- Infrastructure- Interoperability- Reliable Data- Data sharing/ privacy - Policies & Regulations

- Digital Literacy- Gender-Digital Divide- Data Analytics- Capacity Development- Support to Innovations

ADDRESSING KEY BUILDING BLOCKS

FAO-ITU technical assistance to countries in developing their

National E-Agriculture Strategy

• 2015-2016: Bhutan and Sri Lanka

• 2016: Lao PDR ICT Masterplan

• 2016-2017: Philippines, Papua New Guinea and

Fiji.

• 2017: Myanmar’s agriculture extension modernization strategy

• 2017-2018: Afghanistan

• 2018-2019: Pakistan

E-AGRICULTURE STRATEGY

E-AGRICULTURE SOLUTIONS/SERVICES IDENTIFIED

Capacity Building

Online ContentDisaster Management

Banking, Trading, Insurance

Data Collection, Data Bases, Data Analytics, Modeling

Services, Logistics, Climate Change and

Monitoring

CommunicationICT Infrastructure

Connectivity

CATEGORIES

DOCUMENTING CASE STUDIES

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6733e.pdf

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6972e.pdf

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5477e.pdfhttp://www.fao.org/3/I849

4EN/i8494en.pdf

http://www.fao.org/3/i8303en/I8303EN.pdf

http://www.fao.org/3/i8133ru/I8133RU.pdf

COMING SOON

E-AGRICULTURE IN ACTIONBlockchain for Agriculture:Opportunities and Challenges

BRINGING SOLUTION SEEKERS AND PROVIDERS TOGETHER

Bangkok, Thailand29-31 August 2016

Nanjing, China15-17 November 2018

DIGITAL SERVICES PORTFOLIO @ FAO

• FAO Digital Services Portfolio: mobile technology• Agro-Met Services: capacity development

assisting countries to offer agrometeorological services

• FishID: machine learning & image recognition• Blockchain for food security and traceability• #HackAgainstHunger: digital innovation and

youth entrepreneurship• Innovative Partnerships: UNIN, GEE, WMO, ITU

& Telefonica

• Digital Innovation Ecosystem: FAO Accelerators and Incubators

THANK YOU

@thisisgerard

Gerard Sylvester

gerard.sylvester@fao.org

www.itu.int

Ashish Narayan

ashish.narayan@itu.int

www.fao.org