A byte at a time: Africa’s progress towards a digital agriculture future

Over the past two decades, Africa has overcome multiple obstacles to economic growth and eradicating poverty, registering a widespread progress. The gradual transformation of Africa’s food systems has been key to this process, but to sustain and accelerate growth—particularly in the face of demograp...

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Autores principales: Glatzel, Katrin, Hendriks, Sheryl L.
Formato: Opinion Piece
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Jeune Afrique Media Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146176
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Sumario:Over the past two decades, Africa has overcome multiple obstacles to economic growth and eradicating poverty, registering a widespread progress. The gradual transformation of Africa’s food systems has been key to this process, but to sustain and accelerate growth—particularly in the face of demographic changes, urbanization, shifting diets, climate change and protracted humanitarian crises—a new set of innovative solutions is urgently needed.