Announcements

Event Video

Moderator

Ms. Barbara Stinson
President, World Food Prize Foundation

Event Schedule

All times are in ET, USA
9:00am

Opening Remarks

Introductory video

Dr. Gerald Shively
Associate Dean and Director of International Program in Agriculture, Purdue University

9:10am

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

9:50am

Questions & Answers

10:20am

Wrap-up & Closing Remarks

10:30am

Event Ends

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)

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)