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David Bergvinson
Presented at KSI
12 March 2015
Digital Agriculture and my vision of the future for ICRISAT, and observations from WCA
ICRISAT is a member of the CGIAR Consortium
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Public-Private-Producer Partnerships (PPPPs) are key in supporting demand-driven innovation in agriculture • ICT will play a key role in knowledge exchange, targeted
recommendations, market integration and finance to make agriculture an attractive enterprise, especially for youth
• PPPPs will play a critical role in feeding 9.6 billion people by 2050 in a sustainable and equitable manner
• Key challenges: aligned goals, triple wins, trust, enabling environment, governance of big data and realized value from a financial, societal and environmental perspective
• Governments, donors, partners and our teams in Mali and Niger are supportive of ICRISAT and our move to a value chain framework to define research priorities, partnership, and goals. This too can be enabled by ICTs.
Key Points
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be replacing the MDGs in 2016
• Goal 1 – End poverty in all its forms everywhere
• Goal 2 – End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Setting the Stage
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Current realities in developing countries. . . Setting the Stage
Smallholder farmers in Africa have little access to inputs, information and services to increase productivity and access equitable markets – this is even more challenging for woman farmers
Over 7 billion mobile phones are in use with greatest growth occurring in developing countries. TelCos are expanding rapidly in rural areas within developing countries by offering value added services
Better, faster, and cheaper products/services will increase SHF productivity, providing gains in poverty-reduction, nutrition, education, and savings
Better Faster Cheaper
Increase adoption rate through collaborative, bi-directional feedback loops
resulting in farmer-preferred products and
services
Reduce development and delivery time for new
varieties through rapid-cycle innovation
Provide scalable, lower-cost solutions tailored to the
specific needs of an individual SHF to increase
farm productivity
March 12, 2015
Better, faster, and cheaper delivery through digital technology
The Goal
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Stitching currently disparate data together enables us to offer integrated solutions: Power of location, time and unique identifiers
Location and time can stitch together diverse sources of information and support delivery of farmer-specific
information
Soybean chickpea
Cattle breeds
Microbiome
Unique identifiers enables mining of genetic resources and standard trait
ontologies enables collaboration
ICT-enabled goal: Increase farm productivity, market opportunities, reduce risk, improve natural resources and nutrition
Markets
Weather
Soils
Seeds
Financial
services
(not exhaustive)
Nutrition
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Data policy and standards (minimum standards, best practices, metadata, etc.)
Landscaping
Curation and Cleaning
Mobile Data Collection
Partners:
ODK, Nafundi, Tango, aWhere,
ESRI, Digital Globe, Grantees
Data Acquisition
Hybrid storage
Data sovereignty
AWS, Azure, OpenStack, etc.
Partners:
Cascadeo, Digital Globe, ESRI
Data Storage
GIS:
ESRI, OGC, etc
Business Intelligence:
Microsoft Stack, Tableau, Cognos
Partners:
ESRI, aWhere, SpatialDev, Digital
Globe etc.
Data Consumption
Azure TBD
Cloud Storage
Other
Location and time stitches together diverse sources of information and support delivery of farmer-specific information
Geospatial / Temporal Genomic
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Data and Information Ecosystem
Mobile
Geospatial
Bio-informatics
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Crop/Livestock improvement
Inputs and farmer services Post-harvest handling and access to markets Research and development
Basic Research Agronomic research
Soil Health/ Watersheds
Farm manage- ment
Seed systems Knowledge exchange
Storage/ Processing Consumers/Feed Value addition
Promotes rapid cycle
innovation
Leverages location and time
primitives to connect data and
drive to insight
Accelerates R&D for
genetic gain
Cloud Enables seamless data storage
and real-time reporting across the
value chain
Enables targeted provision of farmer-
preferred products and services
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Value Proposition of Digital Across the Agricultural Value Chain
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Cloud-based business intelligence tools are now used to accelerate delivery of farmer preferred technologies
• Mobile Data Collection (MDC)
• On-farm trials
• Market intelligence
• Business Intelligence to support farm planning and practices
• Seed companies use mobile money to reduce costs; ensure product integrity
• Farmers are using mobile money to pay for seed and fertilizer
ICT Tools Being Used
Challenges: • Valuation of farm data • Literacy and UI to support knowledge
exchange and decisions at farm level • Personal Identification Information • Big Data Governance • Reliable and affordable connectivity
in rural areas • Lack of high quality GIS data • Spatial Data Infrastructure is weak • Capacity building
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Mobile technology is already being used to support the smallholder farmer
• Mobile phones have increased farmers’ access to equitable markets and consumers
• Mobile phones are being used for traceability to support price premiums for locally grown food
• Tailored information and videos offers new opportunities to train women and youth about agriculture
ICT Tools Being Used
Challenges: • Ag companies want to own the
platform (exclusivity); shared platform stimulates competition
• Advisory services are popular; timely access to inputs to follow recommendations is a challenge
• Info-entrepreneur bias towards products from sponsoring companies
• End-to-end support is not widely available as it often involves multiple actors to converge along the value chain.
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A Smallholder Farmer’s Story The reach of digital technology
Illustration used with permission by Sam Dryden
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Technology enablement of inclusive market-oriented development (IMOD)
Inclusive Value Chains
Early pioneers for
realizing this vision:
Mobile Money
eCommerce
Supply Chain Management
ICT for
Extension
Processing / Branding
Internet Training
Demand Forecasting
Rural youth
Farmer Urban
Consumer Technology Ecosystem Inputs & Farmer
Services Research &
Development Post-harvest
For $1 billion impact in WCA in 5 years Seeking a $20 m co-investment
Country Total Value now Billion $
Value after intervention
MALI 3.87 3.95
GHANA 7.22 7.35
NIGER 3.26 3.33
NIGERIA 37.84 38.55
SENEGAL 1.49 1.52
TOTAL 53.68 54.70
1000 e-Extension
agents YOUTH AND WOMEN
Nutrition and environmental
impact through DA
targeting CONSUMERS
Timely market, husbandry and weather info for FARMERS
Tool for POLICY
MAKERS to manage and
monitor
PRODUCTION
COLLABORATION
MARKET LINAKGES
CAPACITIES
SOIL AND ENVIRONMENT
WASTAGE
INFORMATION
POLICY & ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT
PARTNERS
GOVERNMENTS
Real Time Market Info. & Feedback
Research Development
D-Ag: Pathway to Prosperity Information, Feedback DB
Geospatial Tools
Genomics / MetaGenomics System biology
Breeding Informatics
Crop Modelling
Information Technology
Seed Systems
Stakeholders
cloud
Small Holder Farmers
Phenotyping
Field Robotics
ICT tools- various apps on mobile for decision support
Strategic partners IDC &
MIP
KSI
RDS CEG
GL+DC
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We can realize this vision through demand-driven innovation
ICRISAT Strategic Plan
• Inclusive market-oriented development
• Employ a systems perspective
• Complimentary, purposeful PPPPs
• Rapid-cycle, demand-driven innovation
• Real-time M&E
• Empowering women and youth to become Ag entrepreneurs
• Agri-business Innovation Platform to SMEs
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… to achieve scale and sustainability
• Shared vision of success – up front
• Trust among partners – earned over time
• Win-Win-Win partnerships – equitable benefits across parties
• Enabling policy environment – equitable access to inputs, services and markets; PPPPs speak with one voice to change policies
• Capacity building of partners – empower entrepreneurs (esp. women and youth) for success in ag services and value addition
• Data governance – govern big data to protect PII but unlock potential to target technology and know your customer
• Awareness of key issues – nutrition, health, ecological limits, equity; SDGs can drive behavior change towards PPPPs
PPPPs are Challenging but Essential
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Senegal – CORAF meeting on Innovation Platforms
• Innovation Platforms to support Integrated Agricultural Research for Development – model for CORAF and FARA and some CGIAR Centers and CRPs
• Innovation Platform for bringing diverse stakeholders together to address complex development issues
• Long evolution of farming systems research that merits documenting (e.g. farming systems research → IP)
• ICRISAT was well represented at CORAF meeting, signing of MOU
• Action: explore how Innovation Platforms can be scaled and sustained in service of inclusive value chains, especially by women and youth
Observations and Learning in West Africa
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Mali – meeting with staff, partners and national leadership
• Our programs in Mali are active and growing with increased support from donors and government commitment to allocate 15% of budget to rural development
• Staff are committed to our important mission and work with a wide range of committed partners – field visit to Siby
• General staff meeting raised several issues related to infrastructure, training/mentoring, security, developing country strategies
• ICRISAT well respected by IER, GoM, Donors, NGO/PS partners and Farmers Organizations
• Action: work with team on country strategy and our capital investments and staffing to support implementation
Observations and Learning in West Africa
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Niger – meeting with staff, partners and national leadership
• Our programs in Niger have had tremendous impact, especially pearl millet and groundnut (Dosso Region) – HE Brigi Rafini emphasized need to communicate our successes better
• Staff are committed to our important mission; urgent need for ICRISAT’s scientific output; need to attract other organizations to Sadore to strengthen a systems approach
• General staff meeting raised several issues related to infrastructure, staffing, security, developing country strategies
• ICRISAT well respected by INRAN, GoN, NGO/PS partners and Farmers Organizations
• Action: work with team on country strategy and our capital investments and staffing to support implementation
Observations and Learning in West Africa