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Why the Hype - Agriculture & Mobile Technology
Michael Nkonu (Agriculture Specialist November, 2013
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• Smallholders produce about 60% of the world’s food
• Globally, 500 million smallholders are directly supporting over 2b people
• Accounts for 97% of agricultural holdings
• Smallholders are too important for the global food system
Why the Hype – Agriculture and Mobile Technology
Smallholders and global food system
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However ……
Many smallholders:Often operate outside the formal economy
Most produce under 2ha with yields far below potentials
Lack access to effective technical support, land, resources and technology
Are food insecure and; vulnerable to malnutrition and climate change
Have higher cost of production, productivity and low profit margins
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Why the Hype – Agriculture and Mobile Technology
and there are new challenges……….
Globalisation Climate Change
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Enhancing Smallholder position – The 4 keys
Access to Assets – transfer and ownership of productive assets will improve security and productivity.
Access to information - Knowledge is power; technical and market information is a productive element of human capital in farming. Information should be timely, relevant and accurate
Access to services - services that will facilitate agricultural activities.
Access to remunerative markets - is necessary for promoting growth of smallholder agriculture
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The pace of the ICT sector is rapid and promising…
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2020?
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mAgri deployments
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Digitally Inclusive Agriculture
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Key Issues
• Scaling-up and sustainability
• Improving access for farmers
• Quality versus quantity
• Convergence of different services
• Experience and knowledge sharing
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