How can farmer’s organizations benefit from ICTs application to agriculture?

Theo de Jager,

President: Pan African Famers Organisation

President: Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions

(SACAU)

ICT's: An integral part of our dream

to revolutionize agriculture

on the African continent

A management tool:

The right information

At the right time

At the right place

To empower me to make an

informed decision

So what?

What should I do

NOW

to limit my risk

and maximise

my profit?

Automatic feedback

& recycling into

the system

Big Data

Templates on land, production, financials, HR, seed, fertilizer, ect

Who should own

it?

Government?

Business?

Farmer

Organisations?

PPP!

Big money in big data

Only farmers can propagate it

The FO is the field on which it is propagated

Opportunity to financially sustain FO's

Need for strengthening FO's

Need for capacity build ing, governance