The Digital Villages Initiative (DVI) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a corporate programme aiming to combat hunger, poverty and inequality by fostering digital rural...
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This publication aims to document recent trends – and strategic implications – with regards to the development of social registries and supporting digital information systems in the West and Central Africa...
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Mobile cell phones enhance the efficiency of information flow among smallholder farmers.
The utilization of the mobile phone apps is dependent on attitude, knowledge and...
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Pesticide use is low and varying in Africa.
Farmer advisory systems increase pesticide use at an extensive margin.
Farmer advisory systems also reduce the...
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Mechanization, digitalization, and youth are key to agri-food system transformation.
Little is known about local stakeholder perceptions on these contested topics.
This can...
Adolescents’ consumption of healthy foods is suboptimal in low- and middle-income countries. Adolescents’ fondness for games and social media and the increasing access to smartphones make apps suitable for collecting...
Africa’s digital transformation is underway, creating opportunities for the continent to leverage the potential benefits of digitalization for agriculture, particularly smallholder farmers. This report looks at seven African countries...
This brief provides a country-level framework and insights for assessing the potential to develop and scale Digital Climate Advisory Services (DCAS). The framework is intended for service providers and other actors...
AGRICULTURE CONTRIBUTES HEAVILY TO THE GDP OF MANY AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND IT EMPLOYS MORE THAN HALF OF THE RURAL POPULATION ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
Despite the positive effect of agriculture across...
In agriculture, digitalisation could be a game changer in boosting productivity, profitability and resilience to climate change. An inclusive, digitally-enabled agricultural transformation could help achieve meaningful...