Digital platforms such as mobile phones, participatory radio and video tutorials rapidly connect farmers to trusted information, resources, markets, and financial services.
Radio is an excellent cost-effective means of sharing knowledge, creating awareness, facilitating informed decision-making and supporting the adoption of innovative agricultural practices by smallholder farmers, regularly reaching 70% of rural hou
Grameen Foundation (GFUSA) and Farm Radio International (FRI) are developing a business case for an integrated agricultural extension services model that can complement Field Agent intermediation.
The aim is to test the scale up of AgroTech (an ICT platform) in the delivery of agricultural extension and agribusiness advisory services to smallholders through private sector value chain players.
The presentation reviews “LOG-IN Africa” research and country studies.
In coastal cities of Ghana, malaria prevalence is affected by climate related factors such as flooding and warmer temperatures.
The research findings are drawn from draft research reports completed by the African Copyright and Access to Knowledge Network (ACA2K) country research teams from Ghana, Egypt, Mozambique, Kenya, Morocco, Uganda, Senegal and South Africa.