Entrepreneurship

Debates around the digitalisation of African agriculture tend to focus on the successes and failures of entrepreneurs who offer digital agricultural services to farmers. However, this focus underestimates the rise in the…

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Digitisation

Scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have released a study highlighting the role of geospatial maps and satellite data in shaping the future of food security.…

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Digitisation

Indonesia’s mangroves protect the climate and provide a livelihood for many people. Mangrove conservation needs everyone’s support. In collaboration with Germany’s GIZ, the Indonesian Digital Transformation Centre has…

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When seeking reliable cooling solutions to preserve their harvested food, farmers encounter quite a lot of barriers.

The initiative “Your Virtual Cold Chain Assistant” seeks to overcome this. It combines innovative…

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Digitisation

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) global project "Promotion of Agricultural Finance for Agri-Based Enterprises in Rural Areas (ProFinA)" aims to enhance the provision of financial services…

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Digitisation

Contrary to promises of digitalisation eradicating widespread problems in the land sector such as corruption and insecure landed property relations, a new FIAN survey shows how digital technologies can further encourage…

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Digitisation

In Ethiopia, agriculture is the backbone of the economy. However, even for African standards the yields are low. Driven by his passion for digital farming, a young start-up entrepreneur hopes to revolutionise the…

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Digitisation

A new Data Sharing Toolkit could contribute to unlocking greater food security in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia through better access to information on soil health, agronomy and fertilisers.

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Digitisation

Digital transformation provides a great opportunity for African countries. But the gap between rural and urban areas in terms of internet access is still large. Rural areas are lagging behind. Dissemination of digital…

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Digitisation

Use of mobile phones holds great promise for identifying and understanding gendered climate change adaptation strategies in rural areas of the Global South. Our authors describe the methodology and results of a case…

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