"Policy Innovation For Transforming Africa's Food System With Digital Technologies" is the title of this slide. Four Malabo Montpellier Panel Members have co-authored this report.
Victor Lawrence talk at video conference lecture April 19th 2013Ed Dodds
TECHNOLOGY FOR THE OTHER 3-4 BILLION INHABITANTS
--- CHALLENGES IN SERVING THESE HAVE-NOT’S
---Possibilities of saving lives
Professor Victor Lawrence
18th April, 2013
Victor Lawrence talk at video conference lecture April 19th 2013Ed Dodds
TECHNOLOGY FOR THE OTHER 3-4 BILLION INHABITANTS
--- CHALLENGES IN SERVING THESE HAVE-NOT’S
---Possibilities of saving lives
Professor Victor Lawrence
18th April, 2013
Presentación de Martha García-Murillo en el taller "El rol del Estado en la promoción de la banda ancha" para DIRSI. Lima, 19 de mayo de 2011.
Martha García-Murillo's presentation at the workshop "The role of the state in the promotion of the broadband" for DIRSI. Lima, May 19th 2011.
CEO Mediatecas Angola presentation at the Youth Engagement Summit MauritiusAdrian Hall
This keynote address showcases the achievements on Angola in southern Africa, with special focus on high-level initiatives to engage youth. Much potential rides on the shoulders of youth in the digital age, and an enabling hand and inspiring light by government is called for, as this keynote shows.
How do we Achieve Universal Access to Equitable Sanitation & Hygiene By 2030? Driving focus on behaviour change to ensure good hygiene practice and educate on self-sufficient practices to reduce the spread of preventable disease such as diarrhoea. A lead2030 Challenge Supported By Reckitt Benckiser (RB), A ONE YOUNG WORLD INITIATIVE FOR GLOBAL GOALS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. The SDGs are part of Resolution 70/1 of the United Nations General Assembly "Transforming our World the 2030 Agenda".
Africa Regional Internet Development Dialogue
Kigali, Rwanda, 8-9 May 2017
By Aminata A. Garba, Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Role of ICTs in African Agriculture and how Africa-EU partnership can enhance...Francois Stepman
2 July 2017. Rome, Italy. Making Sustainable Agriculture a future for youth in Africa. This conference was hosted by the AU Commission, the European Commission and the Estonian Presidency of the EU at the FAO premises.
Presentation by Dr Yemi Akinbamijo, Executive Director of FARA.
The Malabo Montpellier (MaMo) Forum 5th Report presentation in Banjul, The Gambia , December 17 , 2019
Energized
Policy innovations to power the transformation of Africa’s agriculture and food system
What do we mean by e-government? This concept, synthesized by Heeks (2001) as "the ICT-enabled route to good governance", points to the system of solutions for public administration that are based on the toolkits of digital technology. The use of ICTs for speeding up citizen-government transactions in India, for digitalizing the Thai government, for supporting the purchaser-provider separation in the British health system, all point in the same direction: ICTs, over the last decades, have been plied to reforms that are market-oriented in character. As a result, a managerialist view dominates, reducing success and failure to performance indicators, borrowed from the domain of the private sector. But is e-government really all about efficiency and market incentives? Or do the effects of computerization on citizens' quality of life, and the potential for democratization in interactions with government, have a place in understanding the e-government sphere?
When we shift our focus to countries that suffer from institutional frailty, the dimensions of accountability, transparency, and democratization emerge as primary objectives to be pursued within government. Madon's (2009) work is illuminating in this respect: computerized health facilities in Karnataka, e-inclusion through telecentres in Kerala, the use of information systems for self-employment programmes in Gujarat, tell a story that constitutes an implicit challenge to the efficiency-centred, neoliberal view of digitalization in the public sector. Experiences of e-government in developing nations, rather than ascribing to the panacea of investing in ICTs for achieving development, should be examined through a contextual lens: this leaves standard prescriptions and market orientation on the one side, and takes into account the complexity and specificity of the political environments involved.
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www.forumpa.it
Presentación de Martha García-Murillo en el taller "El rol del Estado en la promoción de la banda ancha" para DIRSI. Lima, 19 de mayo de 2011.
Martha García-Murillo's presentation at the workshop "The role of the state in the promotion of the broadband" for DIRSI. Lima, May 19th 2011.
CEO Mediatecas Angola presentation at the Youth Engagement Summit MauritiusAdrian Hall
This keynote address showcases the achievements on Angola in southern Africa, with special focus on high-level initiatives to engage youth. Much potential rides on the shoulders of youth in the digital age, and an enabling hand and inspiring light by government is called for, as this keynote shows.
How do we Achieve Universal Access to Equitable Sanitation & Hygiene By 2030? Driving focus on behaviour change to ensure good hygiene practice and educate on self-sufficient practices to reduce the spread of preventable disease such as diarrhoea. A lead2030 Challenge Supported By Reckitt Benckiser (RB), A ONE YOUNG WORLD INITIATIVE FOR GLOBAL GOALS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. The SDGs are part of Resolution 70/1 of the United Nations General Assembly "Transforming our World the 2030 Agenda".
Africa Regional Internet Development Dialogue
Kigali, Rwanda, 8-9 May 2017
By Aminata A. Garba, Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Role of ICTs in African Agriculture and how Africa-EU partnership can enhance...Francois Stepman
2 July 2017. Rome, Italy. Making Sustainable Agriculture a future for youth in Africa. This conference was hosted by the AU Commission, the European Commission and the Estonian Presidency of the EU at the FAO premises.
Presentation by Dr Yemi Akinbamijo, Executive Director of FARA.
The Malabo Montpellier (MaMo) Forum 5th Report presentation in Banjul, The Gambia , December 17 , 2019
Energized
Policy innovations to power the transformation of Africa’s agriculture and food system
What do we mean by e-government? This concept, synthesized by Heeks (2001) as "the ICT-enabled route to good governance", points to the system of solutions for public administration that are based on the toolkits of digital technology. The use of ICTs for speeding up citizen-government transactions in India, for digitalizing the Thai government, for supporting the purchaser-provider separation in the British health system, all point in the same direction: ICTs, over the last decades, have been plied to reforms that are market-oriented in character. As a result, a managerialist view dominates, reducing success and failure to performance indicators, borrowed from the domain of the private sector. But is e-government really all about efficiency and market incentives? Or do the effects of computerization on citizens' quality of life, and the potential for democratization in interactions with government, have a place in understanding the e-government sphere?
When we shift our focus to countries that suffer from institutional frailty, the dimensions of accountability, transparency, and democratization emerge as primary objectives to be pursued within government. Madon's (2009) work is illuminating in this respect: computerized health facilities in Karnataka, e-inclusion through telecentres in Kerala, the use of information systems for self-employment programmes in Gujarat, tell a story that constitutes an implicit challenge to the efficiency-centred, neoliberal view of digitalization in the public sector. Experiences of e-government in developing nations, rather than ascribing to the panacea of investing in ICTs for achieving development, should be examined through a contextual lens: this leaves standard prescriptions and market orientation on the one side, and takes into account the complexity and specificity of the political environments involved.
www.thinkinnovation.org
www.forumpa.it
In 2003 IFPRI released the results of Next Harvest, a study that compiled and analyzed the first comprehensive database of publically-developed genetically modified crops under development in non-industrialized countries. Since then, several regional and national efforts have been made to update this database and expand Next Harvest findings. Nevertheless, to this day there are no comprehensive data about the state of biotechnology in developing countries, that takes into account both traditional and modern biotechnologies under development by the public and private sector. In particular, in Africa the lack of standardized and uniformly collected data is limiting the ability to assess the overall state of Africa’s agricultural biotechnology capacity and draw policy recommendations regarding countries’ strengths and needs. To begin to fill this gap, IFPRI has started gathering information using standard data collection protocols in four countries in Africa. This study presents the results for Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda and shows the differences and similarities among their state of biotech development. South Africa, clearly the leader in biotech adoption in the continent, is a country where agricultural biotechnology has been mainstreamed in a significant number of agricultural research institutes. Nigeria, on the other hand, has had more difficulties developing and implementing biotechnologies. Kenya and Uganda maintain a solid portfolio of agricultural biotechnology research but still face institutional and human and financial resource limitations. Drawing from the rich data collected, the study identifies the opportunities and challenges and makes policy recommendations to address current limitations.
How can Cambridge University's Centre of Governance and Human Rights ensure the sustainability of its innovative public opinion analytics platform, that leverages the ubiquity of mobile and radio in Africa to reach the least heard voices?
WEBINAR: Bridging the science-policy gap through an online knowledge sharing ...CANAAFRICA
This is a combination of presentations that were shared during a webinar on bridging the science-policy gap through an online knowledge sharing platform by the Climate and Agriculture Network for Africa (CANA)
INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES OF THE MEETINGFAO
http://www.countrystat.org/ Present the innovations of the CountrySTAT system using the FENIX platform. Future technological developments: the concept of the Open Data Network for sharing agriculture and food security information
10 March 2022. The 3rd Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Biennial Review (BR) Report was endorsed by the assembly of African Heads of State and Government during 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government in February 2022. In the 3rd BR cycle, 51 countries (out of 55) reported performance across 46 indicators.
Presentation - Connecting The Dots: Policy Innovations for Food Systems Trans...Malabo-Montpellier-Panel
Presentation by Prof. Sheryl Hendriks of the Malabo Montpellier Panel's Food Systems Report at the 8th edition of the Malabo Montpellier Forum held on 5 July, 2021.
Are digital technologies the answer to food system transformation in Africa d...Malabo-Montpellier-Panel
In this presentation, Debisi Araba discusses how digital technologies could provide some immediate and longer-term answers to securing food supplies in Africa’s urban areas.
Comment l’Afrique peut transformer son agriculture grâce à des stratégies d’i...Malabo-Montpellier-Panel
L'expérience du Togo en matière d'irrigation sera au centre des discussions de ce webinaire afin de comprendre où les progrès ont été réalisés et quelles innovations peuvent être reproduites dans d'autres pays africains.
Le présentateur invité, M. Daoudou Salifou, Directeur de la statistique, de l'information et de la documentation (DSID) au Ministère de l’Agriculture, de la Production Animale et Halieutique du Togo, présentera l'expérience du Togo dans l'expansion de l'irrigation au cours des dernières années, et les mesures concrètes que le gouvernement a prises pour développer l'irrigation agricole, réduire le chômage, le taux de pauvreté et la malnutrition.
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) held its twenty second Senior Policy Seminar on March 09-10, 2020 in Abuja, Nigeria under the theme : “Agriculture and Food Policies for Nutrition in Africa”. Panel member Dr Adebisi Araba, Africa Director, International Center for Tropical Agriculture attended the event.
Paper on "The Ethical conduct of Science" by Professor Sheryl L. HendriksMalabo-Montpellier-Panel
Professor Sheryl L. Hendriks, Professor and Head of Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development at the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (University of Pretoria), presented a paper on the “Ethical conduct of Science” in Budapest, at the World Science Forum from November 20 to 22, 2019.
Webinaire du MaMo sur «Les technologies digitales au service de l’agriculture...Malabo-Montpellier-Panel
L'ère du numérique en Afrique évolue rapidement, et alors que beaucoup de gouvernements aujourd'hui luttent pour faire reculer la pauvreté, pour permettre la croissance économique et pour promouvoir un environnement durable grâce à l'agriculture notamment qui joue un rôle crucial dans cette lutte, il n'est pas anodin de souligner qu'une partie de la solution pourrait venir des technologies numériques. La question sur comment celles-ci peuvent contribuer à la transformation du système alimentaire africain, notre orateur du jour, M. Seth Sall, Directeur de l'Économie Numérique et des Partenariats au Ministère de l'Économie Numérique et des Télécommunications du Sénégal, et notre modérateur, Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Directeur Afrique de l’Institut International de Recherche sur les Politiques Alimentaires (IFPRI), et coprésident du Malabo Montpellier Panel, nous font l'honneur de nous parler de l'expérience du Sénégal à travers les différents programmes que le gouvernement Sénégalais a mis en place pour répondre à cette question.
Mamopanel Webinar on Agricultural Mechanisation in Rwanda presented by Alain...Malabo-Montpellier-Panel
How is Rwanda transforming its agriculture thanks to mechanization.
Lessons from Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board
(RAB)
By Alain NZEYIMANA
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Ag. Mechanization Program Leader
The Global Food Security Index and Inplications for South Africa by Prof. She...Malabo-Montpellier-Panel
Professor Sheryl Hendriks, during South Africa’s Commodity & Corporate Chamber Conference presented on “Improving Food Security, Food Safety and Research” at the end of April for the Global Food Security Index and Inplications for South Africa
During the Conference on Mechanization in Africa's agriculture held in Dakar on the 16th of April, Professor Noble Bannada explained how being mechanized does not only mean having tractors. He discussed in details the advantages of being mechanized using different equipment depending on the need and this, in every step of the process from the production to the sale of an agricultural product especially as of today, with the impacts of climate change on the working conditions of farmers, the planting till harvesting process and period and its impacts on the global economy as a whole without mechanization. he addressed a key message to the high graduate students about their role and importance in agriculture and the results of their involvement.
Mechanization Conference, Dakar MaMo Policy Innovations by Dr. Ousmane BadianeMalabo-Montpellier-Panel
At the Malabo Montpellier Panel’s event on "Mechanization and Transformation of Agricultural Value Chains in Africa" held on April 16, 2019 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, in Dakar Senegal, Dr Ousmane Badiane, Africa Director of IFPRI and Co-chair of the Malabo Montpellier Panel discussed the importance of learning from Positive Change for policy innovation in Africa's Agricultural Sector.
MaMo-AfDB's "High level policy innovation through evidence and dialogue in ag...Malabo-Montpellier-Panel
To conclude, Dr OUsmane Badiane kindly shared the International Food Policy Research Institute's gathering, management and sharing of the Data and Expertise regarding the afican agriculture for better policies accross the continent
MaMo-AfDB's "High level policy innovation through evidence and dialogue in ag...Malabo-Montpellier-Panel
Dr Debisi Araba presented and discussed Africa's surge of interest in irrigation among small-scale farmers as climate change brings more erratic weather. Currently, only 6 percent of arable land in Africa is irrigated, compared to 14 and 37 percent in Latin America and Asia respectively. At the same time, a growing population across the continent demands more, reliable and continuous supply of food. It is estimated that without additional investment in irrigation, the share of people at risk of hunger could increase by 5 percent by 2030 and 12 percent by 2050. Elevating irrigation to a top policy priority and bringing irrigation to scale could help ensure the continent’s food security in the face of more extreme weather conditions and be an engine of agricultural transformation. The Malabo Montpellier Panel’s third report, Water-Wise: Smart Irrigation Strategies for Africa, summarizes the key findings of a systematic analysis of what six African countries at the forefront of progress on irrigation have done right. The report has identified a set of policies and practices which, if brought to scale, could significantly improve the resilience and livelihoods of rural communities and spur overall agricultural growth and transformation in Africa. By adapting these lessons to countries’ specific contexts and scaling them up across the continent, African governments can meet their national and international commitments to agricultural growth and transformation.
MaMo-AfDB's "High level policy innovation through evidence and dialogue in ag...Malabo-Montpellier-Panel
Africa has the least mechanized agricultural system in the world today. Yet, there are several examples across the continent where innovative technologies and successful mechanization practices are improving the capacity of smallholders and other operators to grow, store, process, transform and transport their crops and products. During this meeting, Prof. Noble Banadda discussed that Mechanization is not just about tractors. Successful mechanization along the whole value chain will have to be a priority in future development and growth agendas for African smallholder agriculture. Mechanization is also not just about technology either. Rather, its success depends on investment in research and development, technical capacity to build and operate machines, availability and maintenance of spare parts, financing, adaptability to local needs, application to different environmental conditions, and impact on local employment. Increasing the uptake of mechanized technologies along agricultural value chains therefore requires a comprehensive, systemic approach. The discussion draws on the Malabo Montpellier Panel’s second report, Mechanized: Transforming Africa’s agriculture value chains, which systematically analyses the steps taken by seven countries at the forefront of progress in mechanization.
MaMo-AfDB's "High level policy innovation through evidence and dialogue in ag...Malabo-Montpellier-Panel
Thanks to the progress of the past couple of decades, African countries have started to reverse trends in poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. The ambitions contained in the Malabo Declaration, the African Union’s Agenda 2063, and global development goals are recognition of the size and complexity of the challenge that still lies ahead. In this sense, Prof. Sheryl Hendriks discussed the sustaining progress need to realize the goals of ending extreme poverty and hunger will require continued improvement in the quality of policy and program design and implementa¬tion. The Malabo Montpellier Panel’s first report, Nourished: How Africa Can Build a Future Free from Hunger and Malnutrition, takes a systematic country study approach, analyzing which policy decisions were taken to substantially reduce malnutrition levels and to promote healthier and more diverse diets. It also looks at innovation in nutrition to advance these goals, and make the most vulnerable – smallholders and women - more resilient and prosperous in the face of stresses such as urbanization, demographic changes and climate change. A set of policies and practices are identified that, if scaled up, could have signifi¬cant impact on nutrition, child survival, and development in Africa. The experience of the seven countries covered in the report shows what can and needs to be done to substantially improve a country’s nutritional status.
MaMo-AfDB's "High level policy innovation through evidence and dialogue in ag...Malabo-Montpellier-Panel
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Ethiopian Experience in Irrigatiion Development by Mr. Zena Habtewold BiruMalabo-Montpellier-Panel
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During the seminar Mr. Zena Habtewold Biru discussed the following questions:
•What did Ethiopia do differently?
•What are the main institutional innovations?
•What are the key policy measures?
•What are the country’s major programs and interventions?
•How and what did it take to mobilize the government to uptake strong regulatory frameworks that govern irrigation and the use of water in agriculture?
•What are the practical lessons for other Africans to learn from and to adapt to the context of their own countries?
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Russian Reader
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This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
2. Policy Innovation for Transforming Africa’s Food
System with Digital Technologies
Outline
Part One: Malabo Montpellier Panel and Forum
Part Two: Main Report Findings
Part Three: Country Case Studies
Part Four: Key Recommendations
3. Policy Innovation for Transforming Africa’s Food
System with Digital Technologies
Ousmane Badiane
Panel Co-chair
Director for Africa
International Food Policy
Research Institute (IFPRI)
Outline
Part One: Malabo Montpellier Panel and Forum
Part Two: Main Report Findings
Part Three: Country Case Studies
Part Four: Key Recommendations
4. MaMo Approach to Policy Innovation
Policy innovation from top is
more likely:
• to be adopted and faster,
• to be implemented and at
scale,
• hence to be transformative.
Drivers of policy innovation
from the top
• Failed experiments costlier
• Policy change gradual vs
transformative
• Peer learning to accelerate
pace of innovation
6. Share of
Population under
Poverty Line
Level of Malnutrition*
-36%
-20%
-43%
* % malnourished population; under-5 stunted and wasted
LEARNING FROM POSITIVE CHANGE
Where there is progress, there are lessons to be learnt
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2
2.5
Agricultural value added index, 2000-2017 (1=2000)
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
LEARNING FROM POSITIVE CHANGE
Where there is progress, there are lessons to be learnt
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1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
Actual and 2000s trend for the future
1960-1977 growth path
3.2% annual
growth rate
7.0% annual
growth rate
to catch up
$700
$1,200
$1,900
Source: Badiane et al (2015).
!!!! At current pace of growth
It would take decades to make up for the lost ground
THE IMPERATIVE TO LEARN
Need to make up for lost decades of slow growth and decline
9. There is still a
long way to go
despite progress
THE IMPERATIVE TO LEARN
Hunger Persists in Africa Despite Progress
10. Understanding Positive Change
• Find out where progress is taking
place
• Understand what works, how and
why
Evidence and Dialogue for Policy Innovation
Institutional Innovation
Policy Innovation
Program Interventions
Learning from Positive Change
• Good practices in policy and
program design and implementation
• Dialogue and exchange for adoption
13. Policy Innovation for Transforming Africa’s Food
System with Digital Technologies
Muhammadou Kah
Panel Member
Professor and Provost
American University of Nigeria
Outline
Part One: Malabo Montpellier Panel and Forum
Part Two: Main Report Findings
Part Three: Country Case Studies
Part Four: Key Recommendations
14. The Digital Landscape
Digital Infrastructure
PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR MIX &
PARTNERSHIPS
• Law, regulations and institutions
• Telecommunications; Electric grid
• Internet access and affordability, data centers,
open standards
Digital Platforms
PRIVATE SECTOR
Collate information and promote broader
access to, and more effective use of a range of
information and services.
Sensors,
satellites,
robotics
Online
information
services
Mobile apps
E-commerce
&
e-business
Social Media
15. Benefits of digitalization for agriculture in Africa
Overcome geographic, social and economic isolation
Broadcast information fast and cost-effectively
Bring successful technologies to scale production faster
Link farmers to other segments of the value chain
21. Limitations and Risks of Digitalization in Agriculture
Limitations Risks
Accessibility:
• Last mile
infrastructure
• Digital literacy
Cost and Content
• Connection/Handset cost
• Accuracy and suitability of
information
Automation and jobs
Privacy protection
Intellectual property
22. Elements of an enabling digitalization environment
Regulation
Financing
Digital literacy and skill
development
Research and development
Digital infrastructure
Innovation hubs
South-South Cooperation
23. Policy Innovations for Transforming Africa’s
Food System with Digital Technologies
Outline
Part One: Malabo Montpellier Panel and Forum
Part Two: Main Report Findings
Part Three: Country Case Studies
Part Four: Key Recommendations
Debisi Araba
Panel Member
Director for Africa
International Center for Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT)
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Strengthofmobileinternet
EBA index score / Regulatory framework
Low EBA &
low MCI
Low EBA &
high MCI
High EBA &
low MCI
High EBA &
high MCI
25. WHAT HAS WORKED
Experiences From 7 Case Study Countries
Actions at three levels
1. Institutional innovation
2. Policy innovation
3. Programs and
interventions
Successful interventions
Tax measures
Digital infrastructure and
platform development
E-administration
Digital literacy
Private sector engagement
31. Innovations to advance universal access (63 percent 4G coverage)
• Digital Senegal Strategy (2016-2025)
• Agence de l'Informatique de l'État
Targeted Legislation
• Commission for the Protection of Personal Data (2008)
• Universal Service Law
Funding Instruments
• Development Fund
Senegal
Infrastructure and funding for universal access
33. Part One: Malabo Montpellier Panel and Forum
Part Two: Main Report Findings
Part Three: Country Case Studies
Part Four: Key Recommendations
Joachim von Braun
Panel Co-chair
Professor and Director
Center for Development
Research
University of Bonn, Germany
Policy Innovations for Transforming Africa’s
Food System with Digital Technologies
34. Recommendations for national digital agriculture strategies
Creating a transparent and smart regulatory environment that
promotes the development and confident use of digital
technologies and services and limits the risks.
Strengthening skill development and digital literacy training for
farmers and other actors in the food system as technologically
more advanced innovations are being developed.
Introducing fiscal incentives to spur digital innovation and to
facilitate market entry and the import of technologies until local
markets are developed.
35. Recommendations for national digital agriculture strategies
Continued…
Investing in supportive and last-mile infrastructure to bridge the
digital divide.
Developing digital agriculture innovation hubs to create an
innovation ecosystem for young people to develop locally suitable
technologies and digital solutions.
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The Malabo Montpellier Panel convenes 17 leading experts in agriculture, ecology, nutrition and food security to guide policy choices by African governments to accelerate progress towards food security and improved nutrition in Africa. The Panel identifies areas of progress and positive change across the continent and assesses what successful countries have done differently. It then identifies the most important institutional innovations and policy and program interventions that can be replicated and scaled up by other countries.
Examples of Digital Platforms M-Pesa; Uber; Android; Pula; Apollo Agriculture
E-commerce and e-business e.g. Jumia
Online information services e.g. Online agricultural libraries, Farmers Review Africa, ASAAR Morocco
Sensors, satellites, robotics e.g. Zenvus
Mobile apps e.g. FarmDrive, Hello Tractor, FarmCrowdy
Social Media e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp
Constraints that are slowing agricultural growth and transformation:
Infrastructural -- Institutional -- Technological
These can be overcome at scale, in shorter time, and at lower cost through digitalization to:
Overcome geographic, social and economic isolation
Broadcast information fast and cost-effectively
Bring successful technologies to scale more quickly
Link farmers to other segments of the value chains
e.g. myAgro, FarmCrowdy, FarmDrive, Hello Tractor, iProcure
While digital technologies can play an important role in supporting the transformation of African agriculture and in overcoming the digital divide, the introduction of new technologies also bears challenges, has limitations and risks, particularly with respect to smallholder agriculture and women value chain actors.
The limitations are related to access to last mile infrastructure, electricity, Affordability and suitability of technologies and Digital literacy
Agricultural digitalization risks first include unemployment increase due to prices for digital technologies decreasing worldwide. Automation and computerization may cause an increase in unemployment if the number of workers replaced with machines is greater than the number of jobs created. Lower prices for agricultural automation, including harvesting robots in developed countries, could also lead to a re-shoring of agricultural production from developing countries and a fall in wages
Without also regulation on Ownership rights and privacy protection, data can be freely used and shared with third parties, jeopardizing the safety and privacy of smallholder farmers while further marginalizing them. In 2018, 23 African countries had data protection and privacy legislation in place and only 11 countries have signed the African Union’s convention on cybersecurity and personal data since 2014.
In addition, the lack of intellectual property may pause a risk to digitalization uptake. In 2017, the share of unlicensed software in Africa was 50 percent higher than the global rate. While it can be argued that more flexible intellectual property rights (IPR) could be beneficial for developing countries in the short-run, the protection of IP is necessary for the competitiveness of small businesses and start-ups, also in the agricultural sector.
These limitations and risks need to be considered carefully when devising national agriculture digitalization strategies to ensure that agriculture value chain actors benefit as much as possible from the opportunities of new digital technologies, services and solutions.
For agricultural digitalization in Africa, there is a need for an enabling institutional environment that allows and encourages data and information to be managed, used, shared and exchanged effectively, equitably and fairly.
This environment spans governments, farmers associations, financial and research institutions and training centers, policies, regulatory frameworks as well as information and communications related infrastructure.
An enabling digitalization environment is characterized by seven key elements:
regulation for the use of digital technologies; fiscal incentives to encourage an environment in which the private sector can leverage its innovation capacities; an emphasis on skills development to improve digital literacy; research and development; last mile infrastructure to connect those in the most remote rural areas to ICT services; the creation of information and innovation hubs that stimulate the generation of new ideas and solutions for the use of ICT along the food value chain; and South-South cooperation.
Through new technologies, including the IoT, digital cameras, AI, satellites, sensors, and communication devices sending and receiving data over the internet, large amounts of data are collected and analyzed each day. This can enable better and quicker decision making, evaluation and development of monitoring frameworks.
Country case studies
Several countries across Africa demonstrate a relatively high degree of digitalization in their economies, including in the agriculture sector. Their experience in terms of policy and institutional innovation and implementation interventions on the ground provide important lessons for other African countries seeking to develop and strengthen the use of digital tools and services for an agricultural transformation.
To select countries for the purpose of this analysis, in the first step, the report assumes that a well-established regulatory environment is indispensable for the development and beneficial use of digital technologies in agriculture and food systems.
In the second step, the selection considered countries’ levels in ICT services and content in wide use, assuming that actual usage of mobile technologies helps to increase the number and quality of services, also in the agricultural sector.
Therefore, combining the two indices allows to select countries where efforts to create an enabling environment effectively increase the digitalization uptake.
Ghana, Ivory Coast , Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria are chosen from the high performing countries under EBA ICT and high performing under MCI .
Furthermore, to strengthen the analysis, two additional countries, Rwanda and Senegal, were studied: Both countries have been seeing a rapidly growing interest by investors to support African tech start-ups and have also been repeatedly recognized as innovation achievers between 2012 and 2017 on the Global Innovation Index (GII)., Furthermore, initiatives by the governments, such as Rwanda’s Kigali Innovation City, aim to address the issues of limited capacity in hardware and software engineering, network design, and large-scale ICT project management in Africa.
In 2015 the government exonerated the ICT sector from VAT and reduced custom duties for ICT and electronic equipment, until 2018
Between 2013 and 2016, the CocoaLink program was implemented, which uses voice messages and SMS to deliver agricultural and other useful practical information to cocoa farmers in remote areas. CocoaLink was expected to reach more than 100,000 cocoa farmers by 2016.
In addition, a web-based software has been used to improve the post-harvest handling of cocoa, to improve quality preservation post-harvest. In 2012-2013, The system - Information and Control System for the Distribution Operations of Phytosanitary Products, Seeds and Bagging (SICOPS) - was developed to improve the process of packaging and bagging, ensuring the traceability and improving the provision of storage bags to farmers, significantly lowering postharvest losses across the country.
Furthermore, since 2012, the government has been implementing a stabilization mechanism for the sale of coffee and cocoa using a web platform. The objective is to optimize international sales, to ensure that smallholders gain the benefits instead of being captured by intermediaries. In 2016, 70 - 80 percent of Ivory Coast’s anticipated harvest of cocoa was sold through an electronic auction system.
In 2008 the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) was as the ICT policy implementing arm of the Ministry of Communication (MoC). The NITA is responsible for developing and promoting new, innovative technologies, ensuring the growth of ICT through continued research and development in partnership with the private sector, planning and technology acquisition strategies, and assisting the government to generate growth and employment by leveraging ICT and public-private partnerships.
In 2003, Ghana devised a roadmap for the development of its information society and economy through the Ghana ICT for Accelerated Development Policy which On agriculture, seeks to modernize the sector through the use of ICTs to improve on the sector’s efficiency and productivity and to develop an agro-business industry.
The government passed the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843) safeguarding personal information and data privacy.
Moc also aims to facilitate the provision of quality meteorological data and forecasts in support of weather-sensitive sectors
Following the introduction of Vision 2030 in 2008, the Kenyan government wrote and implemented the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act 2009, as well as the Kenya Information and Communications regulations. This legislation, combined with an open market for foreign investment in telecommunications (infrastructure), were expected to improve competition widening choices of ICT services. However, given Safaricom’s large market share (65.4 percent as of December 2016), the market is not considered highly competitive. Nevertheless, Airtel is disrupting the market by leasing out its own infrastructure to new mobile virtual network operators, which offer less expensive, more flexible consumer plans although at the cost of slower data speeds. At the same time, others in the private sector have been rolling out their own national ICT infrastructure, including in telecommunications, and data infrastructure. This competition has led to a reduction of rates and increased the adoption of mobile phones and internet.
The Science, Technology and Innovation Foundation Pillar has led to the development of the Kenya National Innovation Agency (KENIA) responsible for leveraging, co-ordination, promotion and regulation of innovation and entrepreneurship, thus institutionalizing linkages between universities, research institutions, the private sector, and the government. KENIA has already supported the development and commercialization of the Ujuzi Kilimo soil kit – an innovative sensor technology connected to a database for analysis of farm data which enables the farmer to make informed decisions for targeted interventions.
Kenya has also created the ICT Authority – a state corporation under the Ministry of ICT – mandated to promote e-government services, including supervision of their design, development and implementation; as well as promote ICT innovation and enterprise. The ICT Authority also hosts the Kenya Open Data Portal which makes government datasets accessible for free to the public in easy reusable formats which currently hosts several farming and agricultural databases
Four of the nine flagships are relevant for digitalization in agriculture under the Kenya’s Agricultural Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy 2019—2029. Specifically, Flagship 2 focuses on digitizing the national subsidy system to register 1.4 million high-needs farming households over 5 years to enable them to access inputs using an e-voucher system.
Kenya’s Youth Agribusiness Strategy (KYAS) 2017–2021 strongly promotes the role of digital technologies to provide new opportunities for youth in agriculture and its value chains. KYAS has allocated nearly US$20 million between 2017-2021 to building capacity of youth by creating knowledge and information hubs and resource centers at county-level, as well as related Tech-labs and ICT centers and mobile apps.
Development of digital infrastructure such as M-Pesa propelled Kenya into digitalization which has transformed the financial sector in Kenya, and to a large extent, globally. M-Pesa has been shown to have increased the annual use of inputs of agricultural households by US$42, and annual household income of these households by US$224.
In 2009, Morocco joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) that removed all tariff barriers on ICT products.
In 2016, Morocco implemented the Digital Morocco Plan (PMN) to meet its aspiration of achieving an emerging economy status by 2020. The PMN emphasizes on efficient data transport and processing infrastructure for implementing a digital economy. It new investments in broadband and high-speed broadband infrastructure (fixed and mobile) and the completion of the liberalization process in the telecommunication sector and its also recognized the importance of strengthening digital literacy for a rapid digital transformation and Morocco’s position as a regional digital hub.
Morocco invest in digital infrastructure development. For example, Ardna is a virtual network for providing advice, research and communication guiding the implementation of the PMV. Through the user-friendly platform, farmers can seek advice from researchers and agricultural extension agents on agricultural best practices and farming techniques. ICTs were also used to develop under a project - "Soil fertility map of cultivated soils in Morocco" - as part of PMV, The soil fertility map depicting pedological data was created using geographic information systems and is openly accessible on the internet. In 2015 as part of the PMV, the National Office for Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA) has developed a new national system for animal identification and traceability (SNIT) using electronic technology loops that communicate with the national SNIT database via mobile phone networks.
Furthermore, two satellites constitute a state-of-the-art technological infrastructure and a powerful lever of development of Morocco. The range of satellite applications, already deployed through the first satellite, covers monitoring of agricultural activities, prevention and management of natural disasters, monitoring of environmental trends and desertification
It is in 2011 that Nigeria created The Federal Ministry of Communications Technology (FMCT) to foster a knowledge-based economy and facilitate ICT as a key tool in job creation, economic growth and transparency of governance. The e-Government Department within the Ministry is responsible for the successful implementation of various e-Government projects, including e-agriculture.
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) was also recently handed over the e-Agriculture portal by the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency to enable swift growth in the agricultural sector. The National E-Agriculture Portal is a strategic and collaborative initiative between NITDA and FMARD to provide an overview of the food and agriculture industry in Nigeria for potential investors and stakeholders.
To reform the inputs subsidy systems, the government introduced a new digital delivery mechanism: the eWallet program to manage delivery of fertilizer and seeds subsidies.
The enabling environment has driven the private sector engagement in digitalization for agriculture leading several young entrepreneurs and start-ups investing in hardware and software solutions for the sector, and for various segments of the value chain. One of the first ventures into digital agriculture solutions in Nigeria was Farmcrowdy, a crowdfunding platform connecting potential investors to farmers. Another successful venture by a young entrepreneur is Hello Tractor.
In 2001, the government introduced the universal service law in the telecommunication code, to finance and subsidize selected ICT services for the most marginalized and poor segments of the population to ensure that they benefit equally from access to the internet and new digital technologies.
In 2004 the Agence De l'Informatique de l'État (ADIE) was created to increase the use of ICTs within the Senegalese Administration. It provides citizens and businesses with a decentralized interface to access information on services provided by the government thus reducing social exclusion. In addition, the ADIE seeks to establish a reliable information system for effective monitoring of government programs. ADIE also coordinates the establishment of legislative and regulatory frameworks conducive to the development of ICTs in the public sector.
Furthermore, in 2008, Senegal created the Commission for the Protection of Personal Data (CDP) which is an Independent Administrative Authority (AAI). It ensures that the processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with legal provisions and informs without delay the public prosecutor of the offenses of which it is aware.
Senegal created the Universal Telecommunication Service Development Fund (FDSUT) to provide financial support to any public agency for the provision of ICT services.
Rwanda performs particularly well in providing network coverage - with a striking 93 percent of the population having access to 3G networks.
The Ministry of Innovation operates four units dedicated to innovation and business development, digital transformation, postal services, and regulatory services. Furthermore, the development of laws governing the use of ICTs, and the persecution of cybercrimes fall under the responsibility of the ministry.
MINAGRI also cooperates with the Ministry of ICT and Innovations and their implementing agency, the Rwanda Information Society on some of their ICT projects, including the e-Soko service for farmers. Others include: Mobile-Telephone Enabled Agriculture Technology Apps, including e-Growers information Management System, e-Inputs, e-Agri-Wallet, e-Trace Dairy, and e-Information. AMIS: online exchange platform for agricultural and livestock sector; Rwanda Agricultural Livestock Inspection and Certification services; Agriculture Land Information System an open-source platform mapping public land available for investment; and Farm Management and Information System (FMIS). MINAGRI + FAO are also developing a digital portfolio with five mobile services: weather and crop calendar, e-nutrifood; cure and feed your livestock; Agri-market place; and fall army worm monitoring system. Finally, MINAGRI + MTN have created the e-Soko: Rwanda’s Agricultural Market Pricing Information System covering 78 commodities in 61 markets across Rwanda by 2015.
Rwanda Designed National Information Communications Infrastructure (NICI) policy since 2000, which outlines a long-term plan to achieve full digitization in four stages of five years each.
In 2016, the MINAGRI launched the National ICT Rwanda Agriculture (ICT4RAg) Strategic Plan (2016 -2020) with the objective to transform agricultural practices, information will be provided to enhance productivity, and ICT-based agricultural commercialization and industrialization will be established within the entire value chain.