Digital Agriculture and the Rural Poor: Challenges and Opportunities in delivering Results

The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) and Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) will convene a webinar on digital agriculture and the rural poor. The aim of the webinar is to share progress and highlight key challenges and opportunities in the implementation of digital agricultural advisory services for smallholder farmers in Kenya, Pakistan and Nigeria.  One notable impact of the covid 19 pandemic is the rapid adoption of digital technologies which have revolutionized ways in which poor farmers receive and exercise information to improve their livelihoods and advance their resilience to shocks.

The webinar will attempt to answer the below questions:

• As we rapidly adopt new digital tools, how do we ensure that the world’s poorest households are not left behind?
• How do we design tools and interventions that are inclusive, human centred and user-friendly?
• What efforts are being made to give farmers equal access to timely and accurate information to secure and advance their livelihoods?
• Discuss the advantages that phone-based agricultural services present, particularly at a time when traditional in-person extension services are severely constrained by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Register today for the webinar at: https://ifad.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hQ3EcTb8SQ66n3RsHejQTw