1. CHALLENGE #8:
Digitalization of indigenous knowledge
in African agriculture
for fostering food security
Antoine Kantiza, AKANTIZA CONSULT, Burundi
Didier Muyiramye, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Rwanda
Elias Cherenet Weldemariam, HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY, Ethiopia
Petr Horak, WIRELESSINFO, Czech Republic
Robert Sabimana, Frutus Fresco Ltd, Uganda
Pavel Hajek, West Bohemia University, Czech Republic
Tuula Löytty, Smart & Lean Hub Oy, Finland
Demet Osmancelebioglu, Smart & Lean Hub Oy, Finland
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2. This challenge aims to find novel pathways to
safeguard best practices driven from the traditional
knowledge of African agriculture, so creating a set of
databases of this knowledge will support farmers’
productivity.
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3. Digitalization of indigenous knowledge in
African agriculture for fostering food security
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4. Pathway 1: Food strorage methods for grain
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Platform
Seek
Share

5. Pathway 2: Microorganisms facilitating natural
agriculture
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Mapping solution
Seek dataupdate data
Map outmonitor
Microorganisms Data Bank

6. Indigenous knowledge:
Lessons learned and future
Pathway 1 – Food storage
• Most of the existing traditional grain storage
found in Africa is less documented.
• Data collection and sharing needs further work
• This result also will be used as input or
baseline information for others/researchers
who are interested to study the best traditional
practices in Africa.
Pathway 2 - Microorganisms
• Little information and importance is known of
these precious species within our environs.
• The future protection of biodiversity including
microbial diversity in Uganda will rely heavily
on conservation of protected areas of the wild
given the population pressures.
• Setting up culture collection such as regional
banks of microbial resources to carry out the
conservation function shall be key in
indigenous microorganism conservation for
African agriculture.
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7. Communication, team work, criss-crossing
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