Ousmane Badiane, Katrin Glatzel, and Debisi Araba POLICY SEMINAR Transforming Africa’s Food System with Digital Technologies Co-Organized by the Malabo Montpellier Panel and IFPRI NOV 26, 2019 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EST

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Transforming Africa’s Food
System with Digital Technologies
Washington DC
26 November 2019

3. Outline
Part One: Policy Innovation
Part Two: Digitalization in the food system
Part Three: Country analysis
Part Four: Key Recommendations
Ousmane Badiane
Panel co-chair
Africa Director
IFPRI

4. Annual
Agricultural
Expenditure
Ag. Gross
Domestic Product
+86%
+63%
LEARNING FROM POSITIVE CHANGE
Where there is progress, there are lessons to be learnt

5. Share of
Population under
Poverty Line
Level of Malnutrition*
-36%
-20%
-43%
* % malnourished population; under-5 stunted and wasted
LEARNING FROM POSITIVE CHANGE
Where there is progress, there are lessons to be learnt

6. 0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
Agricultural value added index, 2000-2017 (1=2000)
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
LEARNING FROM POSITIVE CHANGE
Where there is progress, there are lessons to be learnt

7. 400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
Actual and 2000s trend for the future
1960-1977 growth path
3.2% annual
growth rate
7.0% annual
growth rate
to catch up
$700
$1,200
$1,900
Source: Badiane et al (2015).
!!!! At current pace of growth
It would take decades to make up for the lost ground
THE IMPERATIVE TO LEARN
Need to make up for lost decades of slow growth and decline

8. There is still a
long way to go
despite progress
THE IMPERATIVE TO LEARN
Hunger Persists in Africa Despite Progress

9. MaMo Approach to Policy Innovation
Policy innovation from top is
more likely:
• to be adopted and faster,
• to be implemented and at
scale,
• hence to be transformative.
Drivers of policy innovation
from the top
• Failed experiments costlier
• Policy change gradual vs
transformative
• Peer learning to accelerate
pace of innovation

10. Understanding Positive Change
• Find out where progress is taking
place
• Understand what works, how and
why
Evidence and Dialogue for Policy Innovation
Institutional Innovation
Policy Innovation
Program Interventions
Learning from Positive Change
• Good practices in policy and
program design and implementation
• Dialogue and exchange for adoption

11. Lessons and
Good Practices
Exchange Among
Practitioners
Evidence and Dialogue for Policy Innovation

12. Current members of the Panel
Debisi Araba Tom Arnold Ousmane Badiane Nobel Banadda Patrick Caron Gordon Conway
Gebisa Ejeta Karim El Aynaoui Ashok Gulati Sheryl Hendriks Muhammadou Kah Agnes Kalibata
Nachilala Nkombo Wanjiru Kamau-
Rutenberg
Ishmael Sunga Rhoda Peace
Tumusiime
Joachim Von Braun

13. Outline
Part One: Policy Innovation
Part Two: Digitalization in the food system
Part Three: Country analysis
Part Four: Key Recommendations
Katrin Glatzel
Panel Program Head
IFPRI

15. The Digital Landscape
Digital Infrastructure
PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR MIX &
PARTNERSHIPS
• Law, regulations and institutions
• Telecommunications; Electric grid
• Internet access and affordability, data centers,
open standards
Digital Platforms
PRIVATE SECTOR
Collate information and promote broader
access to, and more effective use of a range of
information and services.
Sensors,
satellites,
robotics
Online
information
services
Mobile apps
E-commerce
&
e-business
Social Media

16. Benefits of digitalization for agriculture in Africa
Overcome geographic, social and economic isolation
Broadcast information fast and cost-effectively
Use successful technologies to scale production faster
Link farmers to other segments of the value chain

17. Digital technologies in African food systems
Timely, reliable & accurate information
• Land administration
• Weather forecast
Planning
e.g. drones for land tenure program in
Tanzania. ©House of Switzerland

18. Digital technologies in African food systems
Access to, and adoption of inputs
• Finance
• Creditworthiness
Machinery, tools and inputs
• Hiring services
• Input information and adoption
Inputs
©www.imtfi.ucl.edu

19. Digital technologies in African food systems
Sustainable intensification
• Precision farming
• Insurance
• Digital extension services
• Pest and disease management
e.g. weather-index insurance in
Zimbabwe, EcoFarmer
Production
©Stacey Knott

20. Digital technologies in African food systems
Transport
Market and price information
Storage
e.g. connecting farmers in rural
Kenya to vendors through
Twiga Foods platform in Kenya
Post-harvest
© CTA

21. Digital technologies in African food systems
Improved nutrition
Food safety and
traceability
e.g. mhealth Nutrition
information via
USSD/IVR or SMS
Consumption
© AppsAfrica

22. Limitations and Risks of Digitalization in Agriculture
Limitations Risks
Accessibility:
• Last mile
infrastructure
• Digital literacy
Cost and Content
• Connection/Handset cost
• Accuracy and suitability of
information
Automation and jobs
Privacy protection
Intellectual property

23. Elements of an enabling digitalization environment
Regulation
Financing
Digital literacy and skill
development
Research and development
Digital infrastructure
Innovation hubs
South-South Cooperation

24. Outline
Part One: Policy Innovation
Part Two: Digitalization in the food system
Part Three: Country analysis
Part Four: Key Recommendations
Debisi Araba
Panel Member
Director for Africa
CIAT

25. Country case studies: selection
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
MCIindexscore
Strengthofmobileinternet
EBA index score / Regulatory framework
Low EBA &
low MCI
Low EBA &
high MCI
High EBA &
low MCI
High EBA &
high MCI

26. WHAT HAS WORKED
Experiences From 7 Case Study Countries
Actions at three levels
1. Institutional innovation
2. Policy innovation
3. Programs and
interventions
Successful interventions
Tax measures
Digital infrastructure and
platform development
E-administration
Digital literacy
Private sector engagement

27. Côte d’Ivoire
Initial focus on 1-2 dominant value chains
Fiscal measures from 2015 to 2018:
• VAT exemption for ICT sector
• Reduction of custom duties
CocoaLink
• Voice messages and SMS
SICOPS
• Cocoa post-harvest loss reduction
Electronic Auction System
E-Agriculture Strategy
©Alamy Stock

28. ICT 4 Accelerated Development Strategy, in its
5th phase
Decentralized eGovernment services
Gender lens and use of local languages
Platforms for comprehensive eAgriculture
services
Leading Agtech companies
©L. Sharma (Marchmont Communications)
Ghana
Inclusive production, development and delivery of digital services

29. Liberalization of telecommunications sector
eGovernment Services; Kenya Open Data Portal
Knowledge and information hubs, and Tech-labs
Innovative private sector and PPPs
Large scale farmer registration
Kenya
Vigorous promotion of Fintech and Agtech Sector
©Tyler Jones/iAGRI

30. Institutional and policy innovation:
• Joined WTO IT Agreement
• Digital Morocco Plan
Platforms:
• ARDNA: virtual network for advice
• Electronic tagging for livestock traceability
Two satellites for agriculture
Universal broadband access
Morocco
Institutions and infrastructure for reach & scale
©Martin Heigan

31. Federal Ministry of Communications Technology
• e-Government Department
Local production and manufacture of ICT
National e-Agriculture Portal
ICT Parks
National Databases
Nigerian Communications Satellite
©State Dept./Doug Thompson
Nigeria
Local manufacture, capacity and content

32. Innovations to advance universal access (63 percent 4G coverage)
• Digital Senegal Strategy (2016-2025)
• Agence de l'Informatique de l'État
Targeted Legislation
• Commission for the Protection of Personal Data (2008)
• Universal Service Law
Funding Instruments
• Development Fund
Senegal
Infrastructure and funding for universal access

33. Smart Rwanda Master Plan
Near universal 3G coverage
ICT Centers country wide
Kigali Innovation City
Engineering and design
© J. von Braun, Rwanda 2010
Rwanda
Holistic strategy for infrastructure, skills, services

34. Recommendations for national digital agriculture strategies
Creating a transparent and smart regulatory environment that
promotes the development and confident use of digital
technologies and services and limits the risks.
Strengthening skill development and digital literacy training for
farmers and other actors in the food system as technologically
more advanced innovations are being developed.
Introducing fiscal incentives to spur digital innovation and to
facilitate market entry and the import of technologies until local
markets are developed.

35. Recommendations for national digital agriculture strategies
Continued…
Investing in supportive and last-mile infrastructure to bridge the
digital divide.
Developing digital agriculture innovation hubs to create an
innovation ecosystem for young people to develop locally suitable
technologies and digital solutions.

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