ICT in Agriculture at the World Bank CRS ICT4D 4 th Annual Conference March 27 th -March 29 th, 2012 Cory Belden.

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


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!


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


Apps, software, projects, and more apps!

• Reuters Market Light

• Nokia Life Tools

• Digital Green

• Ushahidi

• Kencall

• Kilimo Salama

• mKrishi

• AgriManagr

• Grameen CKW


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!


How does the World Bank fit into the global movement on ICT?


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%


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)


e-Forums, two down with more to come!


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?


Resources


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

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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