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  • Publication | 2021
Smart farmers: Learning with digital technologies
Global Food and Nutrition Security

Can digital technologies also be used to train agricultural producers or increase their skills and knowledge? This brief provides insights and investment recommendations on the use of digital technologies to strengthen agriculture human capital.

Findings

  • Digital technologies help provide greater access to personalized information and services to strengthen human capital across the value chain.

  • Digital technologies can help build and strengthen social networks and business communities.

  • Digital technologies can support rural entrepreneurs – including women and youth.

  • Digital technologies can support formal learning.

  • Digital technologies need an enabling environment and multi-partner arrangements.

Investment areas for strengthening human capital through digital technologies

  • Strengthen policy, regulatory and incentive frameworks to build and sustain agriculture human capital.

  • Enhance coordination among critical stakeholders to facilitate cross-sector collaboration and align investments to strengthen agriculture human capital.

  • Invest in strengthening ecosystems and institutional infrastructure to sustain human capital through digital interventions.

  • Amplify investment impacts by bridging the digital divide and facilitating inclusion to sustain agriculture human capital development.