Presentation made during the Fin4Ag conference in Nairobi, 14th-18th July 2014.

1. ICT4Ag stories in Africa
building nets with a crowdmap
Leveraging ICTs for agricultural finance:
learning from the Plug & Play Day

2. THE INNOVATION IN DEVELOPMENT REPORTIG GRANT
PROGRAMME
+ Media-funding project
operated by the European
Journalism Centre (EJC)
+ To raise awareness about
development issues by having
a strong impact on media
audiences
+ To perform thorough research
and to develop new and
experimental reporting
techniques
Supported by

3. THE TEAM
Project coordinator
Fellow researcher on
ICT4Ag in Senegal
Journalist and
passionate about new
communcation
technologies for
development
Filmmaker
Film director
PHD Student in
Migration and
Intercultural
processes
Graphic designer
Consultant in
develping countries
Architect
ELISABETTA
DEMARTIS
SANDRO
BOZZOLO
GIOVANNI
QUATTROCOLO

4. Green ICTs in African lands.
A new agricultural revolution
WEB SERIES
geolocated on an interactive
map of Africa
THE PROJECT
?
CROWDMAP
of ICT4Ag
succesfull initiatives in Africa

5. WEB SERIES: THE RESEARCH QUESTION
What is the real
influence of
ICTs on farmer
traditions
?

6. RESEARCH TRIPS
WEB SERIES: ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED
Senegal Kenya
Uganda Ghana
FIELD TRIPS

7. COLLECTING INFORMATION AND INVOLVING
COMMUNITIES: THE CROWDMAP

8. TOOL EXAMPLES: GOOGLE MAP MAKER
GSMA mAgry tracker maps the products and services using mobile in agriculture across the
developing world

9. TOOL EXAMPLES: USHAHIDI
Kenyan 2013 elections in Nairobi slums, collecting data from citizen and journalists

10. TOOL EXAMPLES: JEO
Collecting data, news and reports of the endangered Amazon region from organizations and
journalists

11. THE CROWDMAP IN THREE QUESTIONS
① What kind of information do we want to
collect?
② How do we get these information from
people?
③ What kind of practical benefits can the
crowdmap bring to the farmers?

12. WHAT WE WANT:
Info on the best practices in African ICT4Ag projects in
agriculture
WHO WE WILL GET IT FROM:
Various local Organizations (eg NGOs, Producers, Private
Companies etc.)
HOW WE WILL GET IT:
By involving them to submit their projects in different
categories (eg women in ICTs, Mobile loans, training in ICT,
agribusiness etc.)
① WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION DO WE WANT TO
COLLECT?

13. Finding partners (banks, private
companies, philanthropic
organizations, foundations etc.)
able to financially support the
best project ideas
② HOW DO WE GET THESE INFORMATION FROM
PEOPLE?

14. They will access the
services supported by the
donors for free
③ WHAT KIND OF PRACTICAL BENEFITS CAN THE
CROWDMAP BRING TO THE FARMERS?

15. Provide
financial help
for the best
ICT4Ag
projects
Provide
useful info
and examples
of good
practices
THE CROWDMAP: TWO MAIN OBJECTIVES
ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO FINANCING
FARMERS

16. CONTACT
eliz-de@hotmail.it
twitter.com/EliDemartis