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
