Reflection on Farmer Profiling, Data Management and Services for Farmers.
This webinar is being held as part of Farm Data Management, Sharing and Services for Agriculture Development Online Course provided by CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation), FAO of the United Nations and PAFO (PanAfrican Farmer’s Organization). In this webinar, Ishmael Sunga, CEO of the SACAU (Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions) shares SACAU’s experience with farmer profiling and working with partners in the development of relevant services. Stephane Boyera, CEO of SB Consulting SBC4D and Valeria Pesce, Information Management Specialist at FAO of the UN address some key concepts of what to take away from the course. These include value of data in agriculture to support farmers, digital farmer profiling, adopting ICTs, responsible data, data protection and data sharing principles in general.