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The GSMA AgriTech Toolkit for the digitisation of agricultural value chains
Thursday July 28, 2022

The GSMA AgriTech Toolkit for the digitisation of agricultural value chains

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The Toolkit for the Digitisation of Agricultural Value Chains is a collection of resources that illustrate how digital technologies can address pain points for farmers and value chain actors, such as agribusinesses and cooperatives, in the agricultural last mile. These resources support the use of digital technologies for digital procurement, by enabling the transition from paper to digital for a range of systems and processes in the last mile. The toolkit explains how digitising the last mile increases the farmer share and offers a pathway to financial inclusion. 

The toolkit has been designed to be read either as a complete document from start to finish, or as individual chapters if one is working through a particular challenge. Although each chapter may be more relevant to specific audiences, readers would benefit from reading the report in its entirety. 

The toolkit consists of an introduction and the following six chapters. The toolkit was first published in March 2020, and expanded in July 2022 with the inclusion of Chapter 6. 

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