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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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Main Authors: Glatzel, Katrin, Hendriks, Sheryl L.
Format: Opinion Piece
Language:Inglés
Published: Jeune Afrique Media Group 2019
Subjects:
economic growth
digital divide
technology
green revolution
agriculture
agricultural mechanization
agricultural development
poverty
food systems
digital technology
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146176
Summary: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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