Originally published by CTA on Thursday, 12 March 2020 Extensive consultation with CTA and other stakeholders has resulted in a concept note for the establishment of a new International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture. Once operationalised, the Digital Council will advise governments and other relevant actors with the aim of realising the immense potential…
Author: benjaminkaddom
Information and Knowledge Management Expert with Experience in the Strategic Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development Specific focus on ICT for Agricultural Development, Food Security and Livelihood.
Innovative digitalisation project transitions into promising business
Originally published by CTA on Wednesday, 11 July 2019 A recurring question in agricultural development is how to transition successful donor-funded initiatives into self-sustaining, smallholder-focused businesses. One of CTA’s most innovative digitalisation projects, the Market-led, User-owned ICT4Ag-enabled Information Service (MUIIS), is proving it can be done. The MUIIS project was established in September 2015 with support from…
Why Europe should partner the world’s smallholders to adopt big tech
Originally written on Monday, 4 February 2019 Despite the rise of industrial and intensive farming, it is the world’s 800 million smallholder farmers who continue to shoulder a disproportionate burden of global food security. Family farms with modest plots of land make up around 90 per cent of all agricultural operations and are responsible for producing more…
ACP agribusiness digitalisation – Big data analytics a pathway towards sustainability
Originally written on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 In his five years working on ICT for Agriculture (ICT4Ag) at CTA, Benjamin Addom has seen plenty of digital agricultural projects come and go. Here he discusses what it takes to ensure that promising ICT4Ag initiatives have staying power – and how big data analytics can help make…
Attracting private sector investment to digitalise African farming
Originally written on Friday, 7 December 2018 Agriculture in Africa presents a unique investment opportunity. The African Center for Economic Transformation estimates that the continent holds around 600 million hectares of uncultivated arable land, representing almost 65 per cent of the global total. Of the land already cultivated, close to 95 per cent is still rainfed,…