Digitalization for agriculture (D4Ag) is more than digitization for agriculture. Dr.Benjamin Kwasi Addom, digital agriculture strategist at the Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands talked on “the concept of digitalization and smallholder agriculture” at a virtual workshop on digital agriculture for women entrepreneurs. The list of what one could digitalize (value chains, leading to digital value chains, etc.) Four components of D4Ag cover digital agriculture innovations (digital solution use cases and digital technologies), big data and analytics (quality content and digital identity), business development services (financing and investment) and lastly, an enabling environment (infrastructure, policies, knowledge, literacy and business ecosystem). Many more digital solutions are available for farmers, but digital agriculture takes a wholistic approach that involves the four components of D4Ag.

Source: Manila Times November 14, 2020 16:07 UTC