Article by a journalist on a session I moderated during the international conference Making the Connection: value chain for transforming stakeholder agriculture, organized mainly by the Technical Center for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA). The theme of the session was on mobile phones and agriculture value chains. The conference was organized in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 05 to 09 November 2012. KL
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Mobile services strengthening agricultural
…(Paper presented at the IAALD Chapter Conference 2012, Johannesburg, South Africa, 21-23 May 2012)
Summary:
Strengthening the involvement of youth in agriculture and addressing the challenges they face in embracing agricultural professional activities are pressing issues that determine the prosperity of that sector in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions (CTA, 2011). The new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can also play a pivotal role in that context (SPC-PAFPNet,
…CTA, the organization in which I work, reviewed 2 modules of this publication (Module 3: Anywhere, Anytime – Mobile Devices and Their Impact on Agriculture and Rural Development and Module 13: Strengthening Rural Governance, Institutions, and Citizen Participation Through ICT) – I reviewed Module 13. I warmly recommend this free online publication to all people interested in ICT and agriculture. It’s a very good reference document, fully documented and referenced. (KL)
Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks,
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Agriculture in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) faces many challenges. Most of these developing economies are heavily reliant on this sector for food security and economic growth. Agriculture accounts for over 50 percent GDP in some countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo. This coupled with the high percentage of population (up to 60 percent in Africa) living off the land, means that the need to secure the continued interest of youth in agriculture is imperative.
However, global
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