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ICTforAg
Network of networks
The main goal of ICTforAg is to foster communities, stimulate meaningful conversations, insights, and collaborations, and increase the participation of collaborators from the developing world. Our aim is to facilitate knowledge exchange, enhance learning, and inspire professionals to develop inclusive and sustainable ICT solutions. We anticipate that local digital ecosystems will be strengthened to invest in and deliver impactful, inclusive, and sustainable ICTforAg solutions and projects. These solutions can drive positive changes in the agri-food sector through digital technology. Join us as we collaborate, learn, and make a lasting impact on the future of agriculture.
Expectations from the collaborators: We expect ICT for Ag collaborators to actively drive innovation, share knowledge, and work together
Incentives: Collaboration in ICT for Ag offers valuable incentives: knowledge sharing facilitates innovative IC
Moderator
Satish Nagaraji
s.nagaraji@cgiar.org
Sherin Maria
S.SHERIN@cgiar.org
Collaboration Members (10)
Collaboration for
- Farmers
- Farmer Producer organizations
- AgTech companies/startups
- Weather data providers
- Research Institutions
- Academic institutes
- Government Agencies
- Financial Institutions
- Commodity Traders
Keyword(s)
Post/ Announcement
Satish Nagaraji
November 7, 2023
Welcome to ICTforAG community
Sherin Maria
December 26, 2023
Polls
Sherin Maria
December 20, 2023
What comes to your mind when you read “Gender”?
7
Voters
Article
Sherin Maria
December 20, 2023
What can governments do to reap the benefits of digital technologies for the agriculture sector?
Three key questions highlight the actions needed from governments to ensure the opportunities offered by digital technologies are realised:
- First, how can government policies and programmes appropriately facilitate the adoption of digital technologies by the agriculture and food sectors? Policymakers will need to consider potential benefits, costs and risks, and to understand the factors affecting technology uptake so that interventions can be targeted to where there is a market failure, or a public interest.
- How can governments make use of digital technologies to design and deliver better agricultural policies? This requires understanding how technology can help in different components of the policy cycle, and may require government bodies to expand their skillsets, invest in technology and training, or partner with other actors (both government and non-government).
- How might digital technologies change the roles of government? On the one hand, digital technologies may create new roles or responsibilities for governments, including to enable the digital infrastructure (is there a case for governments to be a provider or a rule maker of new digital infrastructure, and under what circumstances); but on the other hand, if technology can reduce information asymmetries and transactions costs, less government intervention may be needed.
For policymakers, the challenge will be to shape policy and regulatory settings so that they facilitate opportunities offered by digital technologies. At the same time, and not unique to the agriculture sector, digital technologies raise questions about privacy, interoperability, and even potential liability issues, all of which will need careful consideration.
Conversations
Sherin Maria
December 20, 2023
Dear ICTforAg Collaborators,
Thank you for joining ICTforAg 2023 and learning from the experts and innovators in the agrifood sector. The sessions were very informative and engaging, and we appreciate your interest and enthusiasm for finding solutions in this field.
We are happy to announce that the on the ICTforAg YouTube channel and website.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtOADzg0EonTt61vVO3tUdP2kGRy5NAcr
Website: https://www.ictforag.com/sessions/?_sft_event=ictforag-2023
You can access and share any session with anyone who might be interested in learning more.
Resource
Sherin Maria
December 20, 2023
Spending on digital transformation technologies and services worldwide from 2017 to 2026
In 2022, spending on digital transformation (DX) is projected to reach 1.6 trillion U.S. dollars. By 2026, global digital transformation spending is forecast to reach 3.4 trillion U.S. dollars.
