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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description 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.
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spelling CGSpace1461762025-02-24T06:48:03Z A byte at a time: Africa’s progress towards a digital agriculture future Glatzel, Katrin Hendriks, Sheryl L. economic growth digital divide technology green revolution agriculture agricultural mechanization agricultural development poverty food systems digital technology 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. 2019-11-27 2024-06-21T09:06:05Z 2024-06-21T09:06:05Z Opinion Piece https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146176 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896296848 Open Access Jeune Afrique Media Group Glatzel, Katrin; and Hendriks, Sheryl. 2019. A byte at a time: Africa’s progress towards a digital agriculture future. Africa Report. First published online on November 18, 2019. https://www.theafricareport.com/20148/a-byte-at-a-time-africas-progress-towards-a-digital-agriculture-future/
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digital divide
technology
green revolution
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agricultural development
poverty
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