The answer to many of the issues in agriculture and food systems lies in digitization; improved communications and greater connectivity and understanding of negative or social impacts leading to more accountability all depend on digital innovations. These innovations in turn heavily rely on Big Data, much of which is generated by smallholder farmers. Adaku Omidosu, Innovation and Partnerships Manager at Fairfood, explains a farmer-centric approach.
Really interesting post - I would actually take a step further and say that farmers themselves also need to be included in the entire data value chain, importantly from setting conceptual definition to interpretation of digital data which often requires knowledge from the ground.
Fairfood and Verstegen Spices & Sauces started a collaboration in 2019 to contribute to a transparent and meaningful nutmeg spice supply chain from farmer to consumer in North
Really interesting post - I would actually take a step further and say that farmers themselves also need to be included in the entire data value chain, importantly from setting conceptual definition to interpretation of digital data which often requires knowledge from the ground.
Fairfood and Verstegen Spices & Sauces started a collaboration in 2019 to contribute to a transparent and meaningful nutmeg spice supply chain from farmer to consumer in North
Sulawesi, Indonesia. The farmer centric data governance model piloted enabled farmers to increase income by 2% from data monetisation while having completely ownership and control of their data. You can read about the case study by USADI/DDI here; https://developmentgateway.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Farmers_CaseStudy_Feb2023.pdf