Digital farming The future competitiveness of sub-Saharan Africa’s agriculture and its contribution to national economies will depend on how countries position themselves to utilise and exploit digital technologies. African countries, however, are far from reaching the expected levels of development and are at various phases of the changeover to digital agriculture. It will be necessary to use a bottom-up, all-inclusive strategy to create an effective digital agriculture transformation roadmap. Technologies and innovative farming practices have the potential to enhance the agriculture sector’s productivity and effectiveness. The government of Zimbabwe should recognise the potential in the use of data and ICT-technologies in agriculture development by promotion of digital solutions, especially for young upcoming farmers. Young people interested in the agriculture sector have asked the policy makers to shift from just normal farming and indoctrinate technology in order for them to venture into the sector because many countries are embracing use of ICTs in farming. Young farmers like Nomaliso Musasiwa a young female farmer of Fresh in a Box have bemoaned prolonged power cuts as a threat to the use of technology to boost agricultural activities in Zimbabwe. Although some of them are interested in the sector and believe they could […]
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Invest The Invisible Impact
K&X Design and Investment Technology, LLC
Invest The Invisible Impact
