ICT in Agriculture at the World Bank CRS ICT4D 4 th Annual Conference March 27 th -March 29 th, 2012 Cory Belden.
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ICT in Agriculture at the World Bank
CRS ICT4D 4th Annual ConferenceMarch 27th-March 29th, 2012Cory Belden
Why are we here?
www.ICTinAgriculture.org
---ICTs hold great promise for transforming agriculture, but research and lessons learned are scattered and mostly anecdotal---
Cost-effectiveness
& efficiency
ICT in Agriculture e-SourcebookConnecting Smallholders to
Knowledge, Networks, & Institutions
OVERVIEW
www.ICTinagriculture.org
www.ICTinAgriculture.org
Expanding Our Knowledge
THE SOURCEBOOK IS:•Two-year long effort to synthesize and develop reliable information about the potential of ICTs in agriculture and experiences•Effort to spark enthusiasm about promising applications and tools • Contributions from 50+ experts (internal and external)• Over 200 examples from six regions (including OECD countries)• Easy to use, modular structure—agricultural sub-sectors• Challenges, key enablers, lessons learned...
THE SOURCEBOOK IS NOT:• A cookbook!• An academic paper!• A policy report!
www.ICTinAgriculture.org
Module Topics
Forest GovernanceForest Governance
Agricultural MarketingAgricultural Marketing
Farmer Organizations
Farmer Organizations
Financial ServicesFinancial Services
Agricultural Innovation Systems
Agricultural Innovation Systems
Increasing ProductivityIncreasing
Productivity
Gender EqualityGender Equality
The Role of MobilesThe Role of Mobiles
Access & AffordabilityAccess & Affordability
Food Safety & Traceability
Food Safety & Traceability
Risk ManagementRisk Management
Supply Chain InclusionSupply Chain Inclusion
Land AdministrationLand Administration
Governance & Participation
Governance & Participation
Cross-Cutting Themes
Enhancing Productivity
Markets & Value Chains
Public Service Provision
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Apps, software, projects, and more apps!
• Reuters Market Light
• Nokia Life Tools
• Digital Green
• Ushahidi
• Kencall
• Kilimo Salama
• mKrishi
• AgriManagr
• Grameen CKW
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Ones perhaps you haven’t…Ones you’ve heard of…
• Indiagriline
• Shellcatch
• Agropedia
• TIPCEE
• SIBWA
• KAINet
• TECA
• Txteagle
• KAPC (carbon)
• MTZL
• e-Choupal
• Esoko
• ACDI/VOCA
• DrumNet
• Farm Radio
• M-PESA
• IFFCO IKSL
• M-climate, Turkey
• RFID, Botswana
• Biometrics
• L3F (India)
• SOUNONG
• ZNFU SMS
• Nit. Sensors
• And many more!
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How does the World Bank fit into the global movement on ICT?
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AND! Over-focus on basic ICT tools (e.g. computers for admin)
BUT! 40% of projects do not achieve their objectives
4 projects
94 projects
24 projects
77 projects
144 projects
96 projects
35 projects
75 projects
144 projects
83 projects
258 projects
140 projects
17 projects
106 projects
Financial Management, Procurement
Energy and Mining
Social Development
Water
Transport
Urban Development
Environment
Social Protection
Health, Nutrition and Population
Financial, Private Sector Development
Agriculture and Rural Development
Education
Economic Policy, Poverty Reduction
Public Sector Governance
100%
56.3%
58.5%
58.8%
64.9%
70.1%
71.4%
72.1%
78.3%
78.3%
81.4%
85.9%
89.5%
98.1%
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ICT Component in 1,300 out of 1,700 projects
What’s next at the World Bank?
• Module on operational challenges (the ‘how’)
• Collaboration between ICT and ARD Sector Units (critical!)
• Building a roster of experts/community of practice (public & private)
• Trainings and workshops, conferences (like this one!)
• Focus on e-extension and M&E
• Continued updates on the website (following the evolution)
• e-forums with FAO & e-agriculture community (sharing)
• Additional analytical work (what works and what doesn’t and why)
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e-Forums, two down with more to come!
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PURPOSE: dissemination, learning, operations,
networking
With who? FAO, e-agriculture
community, companies, other agencies
First e-forum: Strengthening Agricultural
Marketing (Module 9), Dec 2011
Second e-forum: ICT Innovation for Green
Growth (Modules 11 and 5), March 2012
•1,000+ views and 100 posts
•Summaries posted after forums
Discussion: Tough Decisions and Change Mgmt
• Tapping new ways of doing development work
• Supporting marketing with donor funds?
• Private “crowding in”– challenges & opportunities (getting past the pilot stage)
• Collaboration btn IT and sector expertise (design & other stages)
• Do we need to do some priority-setting?
• Analytics vs. trainings and creation
• Rural infrastructure vs. app development
• Client focus– is it really there?
• Knowledge sharing and learning
• What expertise does it take to create effective solutions and how can we
build them strategically in our agencies/NGOs?
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Resources
www.ICTinAgriculture.org
ICT in Agriculture Sourcebook (2011) and websitewww.ictinagriculture.org
Agriculture Innovation Systems Investment Sourcebook (2012)www.worldbank/ard/ais
What the website offers:http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/clnFYFayZ
m-ARD Report (ICT Sector Unit & Intel, 2012)http://bit.ly/GR9qrB
e-Agriculture & FAO online community (e-forums)www.e-agriculture.org
e-Transform Agriculture Reporthttp://www.etransformafrica.org/sector/agriculture
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