{"id":3284,"date":"2019-06-25T08:13:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T08:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:22","slug":"bridging-digital-divide-can-improve-food-security-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/06\/25\/bridging-digital-divide-can-improve-food-security-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridging digital divide can improve food security in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/profile\/emmanuel-ntirenganya\">Emmanuel\nNtirenganya,<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new report has recommended\nactions to consider to build digital skills for African rural communities and\nfarmers to improve their livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report, titled \u201cByte by byte: Policy innovation for\ntransforming Africa\u2019s food system with digital technologies, 2019,\u201d sates that\nthe digital divide between Africa\u2019s urban and rural areas is particularly\nstriking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This, it says, is driven by limited or no access to electricity,\nweak networks, poor basic connectivity and low digital literacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While digital technologies can play an important role in\nsupporting the transformation of African agriculture, the introduction of new\ntechnologies also entails challenges, particularly with respect to smallholder\nagriculture and women value chain actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An estimated 236 million Africans \u2013 about 23.2 per cent or almost\none in four people in Africa \u2013 are hungry, according to the 2018 State Of Food\nSecurity And Nutrition in the World report by Food and Agriculture Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, while Africa\u2019s agribusiness sector is predicted to reach US$1\ntrillion by 2030 from $313 billion in 2013 according the latest estimates from\nthe World Bank, farmers in rural areas are not equipped with required skills to\ntap into such a growing market through improving their produce and e-commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report summarizes findings of a systematic analysis of the\nexperiences of seven African countries that have been at the forefront of the\napplication of digital innovations in the agriculture sector through\ninstitutional innovation and innovative policymaking\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/news\/report-bridging-digital-divide-can-improve-food-security-africa\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;Emmanuel Ntirenganya, A new report has recommended actions to consider to build digital skills for African rural communities and farmers to improve their livelihoods. The report, titled \u201cByte by byte:&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}