Session 5: Informed and Connected to Markets
Farms and Farmers of the Future
Session 5: Informed and Connected to Markets
March 30, 2021
Moderator
Ms. Barbara Stinson
President, World Food Prize Foundation
Opening Remarks
Introductory video
Dr. Gerald Shively
Associate Dean and Director of International Program in Agriculture, Purdue University
Presentations
Scaling and Bundling Digital Farm Services
Mr. Stewart Collis
Senior Program Officer for Digital Agriculture Solutions, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Communication Technologies Linking Producers with Supply-Chain Actors
Ms. Bobbi Gray
Research Director, Grameen Foundation
Digital Financial Services
Ms. Naoko Koyama-Blanc
Partner and Regional Director for Africa, Dalberg Advisors
Electronic Delivery of Extension and Advisory Services (EAS)
Mr. Josh Woodard
Senior Digital Advisor with USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security
Questions & Answers
Wrap-up & Closing Remarks
Resources
- Agricultural value chain development
(PDF Handout, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2010) - Threat or opportunity for women's employment?
(Article, Devex, 2014) - Agricultural value chains: A game changer for small holders
(PDF Handout, World Bank, 2012) - Mobilizing the Agricultural Value Chain
(PDF Handout, Feed The Future, 2018) - Revolutionizing agricultural value chain finance: a digital perspective
(Report, Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2013) - USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service Helps Global Efforts to Reduce Food Loss and Waste
(Article, United States Department of Agriculture, 2021) - An introduction to agricultural value chains
(Transcript, Farm Radio International, 2013)
- Agriculture supply-chain optimization and value creation
(Article, McKinsey & Company, 2020) - Agri-food supply chain coordination: the state-of-the-art and recent developments
(Article, Springer Link, 2015) - The Actors In Agricultural Value Chains
(Article, Agriculture Nigeria, 2019) - The key role of supply chain actors in groundwater irrigation development in North Africa
(Article, Springer Link, 2017) - Approaches to linking producers to markets
(PDF Report, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2007) - A scoping review of market links between value chain actors and small-scale producers in developing regions
(Article, Nature Sustainability, 2020) - Using ICT to Enhance Marketing For Small Agricultural Producers
(Article, United States Agency for International Development, 2013)
- Mobile Technologies and Digitized Data to Promote Access to Finance for Women in Agriculture
(PDF Report, World Bank, 2017) - Mobile payments: How digital finance is transforming agriculture
(Article, Devex, 2014) - Mobile Finance
(PDF Report, fin4ag, 2014) - Digital Inclusion through mobile connectivity
(Article, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2018) - How AgriFin Mobile is assisting smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe
(Article, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2018) - What is the value of mobile apps for farmers?
(Article, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2018) - Three Steps to Jumpstart Agriculture Mobile Payments
(Article, Next Billion, 2021) - Leveraging the Opportunity for Mobile Agriculture
(Article, Global System for Mobile Communication, 2013)
- Mobile learning bridging the gap in agricultural extension service delivery
(Article, International Journal of Education and Development, 2016) - Extension and advisory services: at the frontline of the response to COVID-19
(PDF Report, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2020) - Maize ban should help us rethink agricultural extension services
(Article, Daily Monitor, 2021) - Global Review of Good Agricultural Extension and Advisory Service Practices
(PDF Report, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2008) - Strengthening Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services
(PDF Report, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2019) - What role can Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services play in realizing gender equality and improved nutrition?
(PDF Report, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2017)