Integrated Digital Solution for Supporting Fishery Sector in Senegal
We will provide an overview of the fisheries industry in Senegal that provides employment for more than 600,000 people in Senegal, and fish are a critical source of nutrition in the country, where 30% of rural households experience food insecurity. We will indicate the role of artisanal fishermen, who catch most of the fish in […]
Advancing Resilient Market Systems through ICT: Case Studies from Nigeria, and Kenya
Smallholder farmers face numerous challenges to building the resilience of their local food systems. These include inefficient and fragmented markets, limited information access, and, of course, increasing climate-related shocks. This ICT4AG session submission highlights three rigorous research projects that are part of the Advancing Local Leadership, Innovations, and Networks, an initiative funded by USAID’s Feed […]
Bringing Smallholder Farmers’ Voice to the Conversation
Leveraging the power of AI and Big Data to truly move the needle on meeting the SDGs Since 2010, Producers Direct has been working in partnership with our network of over 1m smallholders to design digital tools that truly overcome the multiple challenges that smallholders face, particularly climate change, gender inequity and poverty. This started […]
Climate information & Food Security: Impactful Outcomes of NASA and USAID’s SERVIR Partnership
As the global population continues to grow, there is an increasing need for innovation and dedicated efforts to produce more food in a sustainable and climate-resilient manner. Unfortunately, since 2000, the rate of hunger and malnutrition has increased remarkably, and this has been further intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, by integrating digital technology with […]
‘Longa, let’s talk’: reflections on the co-design of an automated speech recognition tool for low-resource and Bantu languages
This talk reports on the progress of the development and testing of an automated speech recognition tool. The project is in collaboration with Farm Radio International, an NGO broadcasting valuable knowledge to farmers across Africa., via local radio networks. Farmers are able to call in and leave comments or ask questions, however, without the capacity […]
Learning from an ex-post study RE: investments in agricultural digitization in Senegal
This session will share a summary of key findings from an ex-post study conducted 3.5 years following the closure of the USAID-funded Naatal Mbay Activity and published in July 2023. While the study looked at the extent to which four systemic changes supported by the Activity endured and their relative scale and sustainability relative to […]
Inclusion of smallholder farmers into voluntary carbon markets through digital tools: great unachievable idea or a reality?
Traditionally since the establishment of voluntary carbon markets, available climate finance did not trickle down to smallholders for a number of reasons. However, recent use of remote sensing finally makes this opportunity viable from cost and operational perspective. In this session we will explore the bottlenecks associated with accessing carbon markets for smallholders and look […]
Catalysing Digital Inclusion through Human Centered Design
The session will leverage learnings from AgriPath to demonstrate how Human Centred Design (HCD) can be applied to design inclusive Digital Advisory Services (DAS). Our approach to inclusion goes beyond women and youth to also include vulnerable farming communities that are traditionally excluded because of factors such as low literacy levels, cost of data and […]
Generative AI in Agriculture Extension
Panel of presenters who will present case studies demonstrating the use of generative for agriculture advisory and extension.
Charting a digital path toward professional farmer organizations in Kenya
The proliferation of digital technology and ICT tools available to Kenyan agribusinesses has reached unprecedented levels. Kenya is not alone in this phenomenon, as similar trends can be seen across the developing world. Unfortunately, more is not always better when measured as technology usage, adoption, or benefits for rural agribusinesses. Agri-MSMEs, rural cooperatives, and other […]
