Idowu O. Oladele, Coordinator, Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE) project, Nigeria

1. Knowledge sharing and Information
and Communication Technology
(ICT) for combating Climate change
in Africa
Oladele O I
Professor of Agricultural Extension
oladele20002001@yahoo.com

2. Outline
Introduction
ICT& Knowledge Sharing
Knowledge to be shared
ICT-based knowledge sharing methods for Climate
Change
Examples of Knowledge sharing
• Agroweather tools
• Land PKS
• Index-based Livestock Insurance
• Digital Pen
• Mobile Apps
Conclusion

3. Introduction
Knowledge plays a key role in today's globalized world
There is a global knowledge economy which determines
productivity
The question is?
What knowledge is to be transferred?
Why is knowledge transferred?
• know-what knowledge
• know-why knowledge
• know-how knowledge
• know-who knowledge

4. ICT & Knowledge Sharing
Support, accelerate and improve the sharing of
information among firms and individuals,
Change the way people learn and network
Lower temporal and spatial barriers between
knowledge workers,
Improve access to information about knowledge
Identify location and accessibility of relevant
information & knowledge experts.

5. ICT & Knowledge Sharing
The effectiveness of ICT for knowledge transfer
depends on the type of knowledge to be shared

6. Knowledge to be shared
Response to climate change has been classified by
IFPRI (2014) into:
water-‐smart,
energy-‐smart,
nutrient-‐smart,
crop-‐smart,
weather-‐smart

7. ICT –based Knowledge sharing methods for CC
• Web based Agro-weather
• Electronic Newsletter
• Television
• Agro-climatic stations
• Climate smart villages
• Automated weather stations
• Radio (local and amateur stations)
• Internet
• Mobile phones (Interactive Voice Response & voicemail)
• Social media (twitter, facebook, …)
• Text messages SMS
• Mobile apps
• Crowdsourcing technologies (sensors)
• Community mapping (collaborative cartography)
• Social computing (collaborative online behavior)

8. Examples of Knowledge Sharing
Yara CheckIT mobile app that
gives farmers a photographic
library of crops to allow a
simple and fast identification of
possible nutrient deficiencies.
Yara ImageIT is a smartphone
app designed to measure
nitrogen uptake in a crop and
generate a nitrogen
recommendation based on
photographs of the crop.

12. Agroweather tool Ethiopia & Kenya

13. The Land Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) : Sharing Local and Scientific
Knowledge to Increase Land Productivity and Resilience

15. Index-based Livestock Insurance Product

16. Digital pen
Digital pen it is actually a sophisticated computing device
that converts handwriting paper-based information into
electronic data that can be modified, formatted and
shared in leading application

18. Mobile apps
i-cow - sends prompts to farmers to collect and store milk within the
days of a cow’s cycle & information on the best dairy practices.
Vet Africa- diagnose livestock disease and suggest suitable
medications & helps farmers monitor and record animal data.
M-Farm - updates farmers on current prices of goods across the
country & connects local farmers directly to produce buyers and
suppliers without middle men and gives significant discounts on
fertilizers and seeds.
Esoko- provides agricultural content, marketing, advisory and
monitoring services for farmers and potential investors.
EZ Farms - delivers up-to-the-minute insight about current and
predicted soil moisture levels to farmers and water providers on
smart phones.

19. Mobile apps
Agro-Hub - explores joint community effort, SMS and the internet to
source, manage and disseminate information on anything pertaining to
agriculture.
Cocoa Link - that delivers practical information from agricultural experts
to farmers in English and local languages at no cost.
Kilimo Salama Kilimo Salama provides farmers with up-to-date and full
climate data via text message.
Kuza Doctor - enables farmers to receive specific information on crop
growth, soil use of environment-friendly techniques and other general
questions through SMS.
Modisar - Farmers are able to track their farm records, cattle herds, farm
costs and sales which run both on and offline. It sends advice to farmers
on animal vaccinations, feed & nutrition and receive instructions on
finance via text messages.

20. Conclusions
To achieve a profound effect of ICT for knowledge sharing on climate
change there is need for :
• Holistic approach to knowledge sharing
• Accreditation, regulation of knowledge sharing
• Harmonisation of pluralistic tendencies for knowledge sharing
• Professionalization of people responsible for knowledge sharing
• Capacity development of back-enders in knowledge sharing
process
• Associated inputs and resources to support knowledge shared

21. Thank you
for your
Attention