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Webinar – COVID-19: Accelerating the use of digital agriculture

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Thursday 24 Jun 2021 | AgriTech | AgriTech solutions | Digitisation of agricultural value chains | English | Financial inclusion for farmers | Financial inclusion for women | Global | Mobile for Development | Resilient technology | Resource | Video |

Check out our webinar for insights on trends in digital agriculture adoption during the pandemic and the challenges posed by COVID-19 for smallholder farmers.

COVID-19: Accelerating the use of digital agriculture

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Monday 26 Apr 2021 | AgriTech | AgriTech solutions | Building the financial ecosystem | Case study | Digitisation of agricultural value chains | English | Financial inclusion for farmers | Financial inclusion for women | Gender | Global | Mobile for Development | Policy and regulation | Presentation | Report | Research | Resilient technology | Resource | State of the industry and trends |

COVID-19 exposed the vulnerability of agricultural and food systems in LMICs. This report provides agritechs, MNOs, investors, and donors with insights into the adoption of digital agriculture and how to accelerate it in light of new challenges.

Inclusive Digital Agriculture: Making value chains work for farmers with disabilities

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Tuesday 27 Apr 2021 | AgriTech | AgriTech solutions | Assistive Tech | Digital inclusion for persons with disability | Digitisation of agricultural value chains | English | Financial inclusion for farmers | Global | Mobile for Development | Report | Resource |

For the first time, this report provides evidence of the barriers facing farmers with disabilities in the agricultural value chain in LMICs and the opportunities to support disability inclusion in agriculture through digital tools.

Digital Innovation for Climate-Resilient Agriculture

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Wednesday 31 Mar 2021 | AgriTech | AgriTech solutions | English | Financial inclusion for farmers | Global | Mobile for Development | Report | Resource | Rural network coverage |

This report highlights the potential of digital services to strengthen the climate resilience of smallholder farmers, and focuses on how MNO assets - including rainfall observations from mobile networks - can be used to localise and scale these services.

Agritech innovation in Latin America: opportunities for smallholders

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Thursday 21 Jan 2021 | AgriTech | AgriTech solutions | Digitisation of agricultural value chains | English | Financial inclusion for farmers | Latin America & the Caribbean | Resource | Spanish | Video |

Watch this video to learn about the agritech ecosystem for smallholder farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean and the emerging opportunities in digital agriculture.

AgriTech Trends in Latin America: Innovations Disrupting Smallholder Farming

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Tuesday 1 Dec 2020 | AgriTech | AgriTech solutions | Latin America & the Caribbean | Presentation | Resource | Thrive LATAM Sessions | Video |

In this session, we explored trends in digital disruption impacting smallholder farmers in Latin America. Regional practitioners and experts shared their experiences on the potential of digital interventions to address low farm productivity and lack of ...

Landscaping the agritech ecosystem for smallholder farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Monday 30 Nov 2020 | AgriTech | AgriTech solutions | Argentina | Chile | Colombia | Digitisation of agricultural value chains | El Salvador | English | Financial inclusion for farmers | Latin America & the Caribbean | Mobile for Development | Report | Research | Resource |

This landscape analysis of digital agriculture tools in Latin America and the Carribean highlights major trends and key opportunities for digital interventions that could deliver long-term, sustainable economic and social benefits for smallholder farmers.

Digital Opportunities for MNOs: A Discussion with Jazz Pakistan

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Tuesday 3 Nov 2020 | AgriTech | Resource | Thrive APAC Shorts | Video |

Watch our discussion with Jazz Pakistan about the potential digital opportunities for MNOs.

Driving Affordable Smart Farming through Partnerships

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Tuesday 3 Nov 2020 | AgriTech | East Asia and Pacific | Resource | Thrive APAC Shorts | Video |

Learn more about driving affordable smart farming through partnerships.

Digitising Rural Asia: Transforming Agriculture with Agritech

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Tuesday 3 Nov 2020 | AgriTech | Presentation | Resource | Thrive APAC Sessions | Video |

We explored the opportunity to digitise the agricultural last mile in APAC. This session brought together regional practitioners and experts to discuss digital agriculture projects that bring efficiencies to farmers and agribusiness in the agricultural ...

Introducing Digital Agriculture Maps: The state of the sector in 2020

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Thursday 22 Oct 2020 | AgriTech | Blog | Case studies | English | Global | Global and regional studies | Mobile for Development | Resource | State of the industry and trends | Video |

In this video blog, Daniele Tricarico of the GSMA AgriTech programme presents

Transforming Agriculture in Africa: Digital Innovations in Action

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Tuesday 29 Sep 2020 | AgriTech | Presentation | Resource | Thrive Africa Side Sessions | Video |

We explored the exciting trends in the digitisation of Africa’s agriculture sector. This session brought together regional AgriTech practitioners and experts who showcased and discussed digital agriculture projects, from climate smart advisories to ...

Boosting climate resilience for smallholder farmers in the face of growing climate challenges

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Thursday 8 Oct 2020 | AgriTech | Resource | Thrive Africa Shorts | Video |

Climate change continues to stress the global food system with increased climate variability and extremes in temperature and rainfall. As shifting seasonal patterns make climate risks less predictable, and the increased intensity of ...

Changing the agri-investment landscape in Africa

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Thursday 8 Oct 2020 | AgriTech | Resource | Thrive Africa Shorts | Video |

Despite the increased availability of investor capital supporting start-ups in Sub-Saharan Africa, funding remains a major challenge for the agritech sector. In 2019, African agritech start-ups only raised around 4 per cent of all the ...

Building resilience in agricultural value chains in the COVID-19 era

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Thursday 8 Oct 2020 | AgriTech | Resource | Thrive Africa Shorts | Video |

Disruptions to demand and distribution in food and input supply chains caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing systemic challenges faced by all actors in agricultural value chains. Agribusinesses are adapting existing ...

Digital Agriculture Maps

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Tuesday 29 Sep 2020 | AgriTech | Building the financial ecosystem | East Asia and Pacific | Global | Global and regional studies | Latin America & the Caribbean | Report | Resource | South Asia | State of the industry and trends | Sub-Saharan Africa |

This report on the key trends in digital agriculture, produced in collaboration with IDH Farmfit, offers a snapshot into the digital agriculture landscape in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).

Agricultural insurance for smallholder farmers: Digital innovations for scale

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Friday 22 May 2020 | AgriTech | Building the financial ecosystem | English | Global | Mobile for Development | Report | Research | Resilient technology | Resource |

Using primary and secondary research, we explore how mobile technology can drive the adoption of index insurance to develop smallholder farmer resilience. Our recommendations show how index insurance services can grow through bundling and partnerships.

AgriTech in Nigeria: Investment opportunities and challenges

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Wednesday 22 Apr 2020 | AgriTech | Building the financial ecosystem | English | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile for Development | Nigeria | Policy and regulation | Report | Research | Resource | State of the industry and trends | Sub-Saharan Africa |

This report offers a landscape of the evolution of agritech investment in Nigeria, and the role played by different investors in the growth of the sector. It highlights investment trends and identifies possible opportunities for sector growth.

State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2019

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Wednesday 25 Mar 2020 | Accelerating Digital and Financial Inclusion | AgriTech | Asia and Australia | Building the financial ecosystem | Case study | Connected Women | Digital Utilities | East Asia and Pacific | Energy | English | Europe and Central Asia | Financial inclusion for women | French | Gender | Global | Global and regional studies | Infographic | Interoperability | Latin America & the Caribbean | Middle East and North Africa | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Mobile Money | Mobile Money Programme - filter | Policy and regulation | Regulation | Report | Research | Resource | South Asia | Spanish | State of the industry and trends | Sub-Saharan Africa | Video |

This year’s report examines what one billion registered accounts signify for the mobile money industry, mobile money users and the future of the mobile money ecosystem; moving us a step closer to a digital future for all.

Mobile for Development brochure 2020

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Wednesday 4 Mar 2020 | AgriTech | Assistive Tech | Connected Society | Connected Women | Digital Identity | Digital Utilities | Ecosystem Accelerator | Global | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Mobile Money | Resource |

GSMA Mobile for Development has recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Ten years in which we have grown from a simple but powerful idea to a global team of 130 and a portfolio of projects that have now impacted ...